All About Beer Magazine

(Press Release) FREDERICK, MD—In an effort to further Maryland’s burgeoning hop growing industry, Flying Dog Brewery held the State’s first hop selection Monday, August 26....

A relative latecomer to brewing, hops have come to define beer to many. To some, they are an obsession; to others, the perfect counterpunch or complement. Seldom, though, are they an afterthought. For homebrewers, hops are one of the more ...

Most discussions about hops naturally include bitterness. As well as hop oils, lupulin glands within the cone contain hard and soft resins and polyphenols. The soft resins include alpha acids and beta acids, both of which contribute to bitterness, with ...

Writing a manual on hops in 1877, British agricultural authority P.L. Simmonds praised those grown around the town of Spalt in Bavaria. “The products are of a high reputation, and are the Chateau Lafitte, the Clos de Vougent, and the ...

Is beer not good enough? Has no one made pitch-perfect hoppy ale? I mean, what if in the evolution of brewing, we’re still at that part of the chart where we’re all just hunched over, early hominids—perhaps Austr-ale-opithecus—which is why ...

Atlantic Hops will hosting a workshop in Tarrytown, NY, on July 16 for those interested in sustainable hops production in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic....

Colorado seems to have no shortage of quality craft beer and Breckenridge Brewery continues to lay claim to the cause with this mighty double IPA....

For several thousand years, brewers made beer without hops. But truth be told, hops are what separate beer from wine, sake, mead, whiskey, tea, cider, brandy and most other beverages that count on one basic ingredient as a flavoring agent. ...

What does it mean to be green? Does it mean adding food coloring to your beer to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Does it mean, perhaps, being too young? Or too hoppy? If you’ve been conscious the last few years, you ...