Hops
Craftwerk: 3 Floyds
Craft beer branding was once virtually synonymous with trees, fairies, and the like, but then 3 Floyds came along and injected some darkness and heavy metal into the scene.
Diesel Fuel Is Threatening Bees, But Hops Might Save Them
In addition to pesticides, mites, and poor nutrition, there’s a new problem: Diesel fumes can confuse bees’ sense of smell, making it harder for them to find food.
How Illegal Homebrewing in Teetotaling Saudi Arabia Changed My Life
I am the founder of The Brooklyn Brewery, but I owe my success in the beer business to an unlikely country, Saudi Arabia, where people have been publicly whipped and sometimes beheaded for producing and selling alcoholic beverages.
Craftwerk: Brooklyn Brewery
In the inaugural episode of our new series Craftwerk, meet Steve Hindy and Garrett Oliver, the duo behind Brooklyn Brewery.
Rooftop Hops Offer Beer and Beauty in Montreal
Montrealers are growing hops on their homes as a way of fighting mass-produced beer and urban ugliness.
Your IPAs Are About to Get a Little More Expensive
Hops growers in Washington state—which produces approximately three quarters of the nation's hops—are facing a shortage this year due to unseasonably scorching temperatures and the ever-present drought plaguing the West Coast.
These Brewers Are Turning Films into Beer
Two Dutch filmmakers have decided to turn cult classics like Pulp Fiction and The Big Lebowski into hoppy beers that even The Dude would abide.
These Wild Hops Make Your Beer Taste Like Mango
Sorry, wine snobs. Turns out hops have a terroir too and beer can be just as complex as your bougie $200 bottle of aged Bourgogne.
How a Business Major from God's Country Became Saigon's Most Interesting Brewer
The day I visit the brewery, Carl is waiting for a shipment of jackfruit for their wheat ale, and he has to figure out how to clean rambutans out of a holding tank (answer: a dustpan tied to the end of some scrap metal).
This App Uses Your Genes to Tell You What Beer to Drink
If funding comes through, researchers hope to produce the BeerDeCoded app, which would help consumers navigate beer DNA and pair brews with their own tastebuds.
This Is What It’s Like to Make the World’s Most Sought-After Beer
If you haven't heard of Heady Topper—the Vermont-brewed IPA that has achieved near-mythic status—then you don't know cult beer. The brew is so popular, in fact, that visitors would secretly hand-bottle it in the brewpub's bathroom and sell it on the...
I Got Buzzed Like Our Forefathers at a Pioneer Reenactment Village
Back in the day, beer was likened to foodstuff and often drunk as a speedy supplement for laborers' daily intake of carbs, sort of like a bread smoothie.