In the latest episode of After Two Beers, Jon Page speaks with Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s Steve Dresler. Dresler, the brewery’s longtime brewmaster, retired last month. In the podcast, Dresler discusses what the early days of Sierra Nevada were like, the beers of which he is most proud, and the beer industry’s future (as well... View Article
For America’s brewers, the hop harvest is like Christmas. From about mid-August until the end of September, hops—the female cones of the plant Humulus lupulus that contribute to a beer’s aroma, flavor and bitterness—are picked, dried and baled or made into pellets and safely stored for breweries to use in the following months and years.... View Article
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from a feature story on wet hop beers, which are harvest beers brewed with unkilned hops that have to be shipped to the brewhouse in less than 24-48 hours. Read the whole story. The origins of one of the earliest, and most influential, wet hop beers in America took place... View Article
