Stretching skyward like mythical giant beanstocks, hops climb steel-supported trellises in the chaparral and oak-wooded hills east of Clearlake. Fifty years after the last commercially grown hops ...

ELMIRA, Ore. (AP) - Out on a former cattle ranch in the foothills of the Coast Range, Norman Vidoni has taken a great leap - or maybe that should be hop - of faith. A dedicated home brewer with no ...

Hops, the small cone-shaped flowers that grow on vines, are raised almost exclusively in the U.S. in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, where the abundant irrigation and moderate temperatures allow them to ...