Fresh-Hop Harvest Boise brewers look to local hops for new creations. by Tara Morgan On sprawling farms clustered around Wilder and Greenleaf, thousands of green Humulus lupulus vines snake vigorously skyward. A relative of marijuana, these hop plants produce resiny, cone-shaped flowers prized for their use as a bittering agent in beer.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Sept. 18, 2013 - Boise Weekly
Roger Protz in CNN International LONDON, England (CNN) -- "It's a resiny, floral, spicy hymn to the hop," says Roger Protz, reverentially holding his glass at eye level, so that the light of a London summer evening sparkles through the liquid.