How Do Hops Affect Beer? A Guide to Popular Varieties and Their Flavors Hops are the key ingredient that turn beer into beer. If you want to be an expert, here's what you need to know.

We've probably all heard the term "hops" thrown around in lively discussions about beer brewing. But what are hops and what do they actually do in beer?

A new study shows climate change is reducing hop production, crucial for IPA beers. A model predicts the yield of high-demand hops to drop between 4% and 18% by 2050.

He grows hops, used to make beer, and in recent years has also been generating electricity, with solar panels sprawled across 1.3 hectares (32 acres) of his land in the small hop-making town of Au ...

Hops in major beer-producing European countries like Germany, Czech Republic and Slovenia are ripening earlier and producing less since 1994, scientists found. And, perhaps most alarmingly for the ...

Beer is one of the oldest and most popular beverages in the world, with some people loving and others hating the distinct, bitter taste of the hops used to flavor its many varieties. But an ...

As the brewing industry expands and new beer styles, such as hazy pale ales, emerge, brewers are constantly looking for new ways to analyze the composition of their beers to preserve the carefully ...

A farm in Bavaria is covering its hops with solar panels, providing electricity to 250 households and shading the plants from the increasingly scorching summer heat in the process.