Hop Links
Freshops has compiled a list of resources related to Hops, Hop Growing, Homebrewing and the Microbrewery industry.
- American Brewers Guild Craft brewing education for professional brewers on-line and on-site.
- American Homebrewers Association The membership-based national advocacy organization for the homebrew community.
- American Hop Museum The nation's only hop museum located in Washington State’s Yakima Valley.
- Basic Brewing Home of Basic Brewing Radio and Basic Brewing Video, the podcasts that help both beginning and advanced brewers improve their brews.
- Botanical.com The electronic version of an early 20th-century compendium entitled A Modern Herbal. The hop entry is a very interesting and informative read.
- Celebrator Beer News The bi-monthly publication for brew professionals and serious enthusiasts.
- Compendium of Hop Diseases and Pests book A comprehensive and authoritative account of diseases and pests of hop as well as numerous other disorders and injuries that impact this valuable specialty crop.
- Fatty Matty Brewing A comprehensive webguide of resources for homebrewers.
- Here's to beer Simply...for the love of beer.
- Homebrew Adventures An online retailer for homebrewing supplies.
- Hop Growers of America Represents and promotes the interests of U.S. hop growers both domestically and internationally.
- Hop Growers Union of the Czech Republic Current news on the hop growing industry in one of the most productive regions of the world.
- HOPUNION Major hop grower and craft beer experts.
- Institute of Brewing & Distilling International organization based in London that works to provide education and professional development in the science and technology of brewing.
- Oregon Brewers Guild The non-profit trade association for the state’s independent breweries.
- Oregon Hop Commission Fosters the viability of the state’s crop in domestic and world markets.
- Oregon Trail Brewery A microbrewery in Corvallis, OR that specializes in the use of fresh whole hops for its signature ales
- Perry's Hops Information Report from Dr. Leonard Perry, University of Vermont Extension System.
- Realbeer.com Maintained by Real Beer, Inc. A commercial site featuring online brewery tours, profiles, news, and more.
- The Beer Info source An online directory of just about everything related to beer.
- The Brewery Comprehensive, high-quality collection of information about the art and science of brewing beer.
- The Hop Page All you ever wanted to know about hops plus an online IBU calculator [many of the links on this site are not working].
- Thyme Garden Herb Company A unique, earth-friendly business located in Oregon’s Coast Range that sells quality hop rhizomes.