Washington State University Working To Improve Hop Quality

From the Yakima Herald:

The beer Ruth Henderson brews may help improve the quality and future of Washington hops.

Her brewing at Washington State University’s agricultural center in Prosser will help researchers figure out how water, nutrition, disease and pests affect beer quality. It’s one piece of a large project that aims to help a growing industry improve quantity and quality.

Washington’s hops were worth about $157 million in 2011, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Washington grows more than 75 percent of U.S. hops, according to the Hop Growers of America. Washington is second only to Germany in hop production.
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