And if you love brewing with hops, or just like drinking beer, you should know the plants are easy to grow in your backyard. The plants, perennials, leaf out every spring and usually put out ...

September might seem like an unusual time to plant hops, but trust me, it's the perfect window to get your hop plants established before winter. As the days start to cool and the hustle of summer ...

And if you love brewing with hops, or just like drinking beer, you should know the plants are easy to grow in your backyard. The plants, perennials, leaf out every spring and usually put out ...

And if you love brewing with hops, or just like drinking beer, you should know the plants are easy to grow in your backyard. Many homebrewers across Southern California have plants of their own.

Making home-brewed beer using your own recipes and do-it-yourself skills is a satisfying hobby. Now you can combine your own home-grown hops to create a unique frosty favorite.

If you love the bitter, citrusy or floral notes of an India pale ale, you can thank hops for that: The conelike flowers provide a bitter kick and balance the malty, sweet characteristics in any beer.

Planting a small-scale specialty hops crop in your home garden doesn’t have to take on the look of a large commercial plot with their 15-25 foot poles, intertwined wires and wide pathways.

Planting hops. Before planting, first consider the space required by hops. A mature vine can reach heights of 25 feet, but for the home garden, a trellis system of 10 feet is suitable for growing ...

If you love the bitter, citrusy or floral notes of an India Pale Ale, you can thank hops for that: The cone-like flowers provide a bitter kick and are what balance the malty, sweet characteristics in ...

If you love the bitter, citrusy or floral notes of an India Pale Ale, you can thank hops for that: The cone-like flowers provide a bitter kick and are what balance the malty, sweet characteristics ...