Hop Growers Navigate Water Shortages, Heat, and Pests in the Yakima Valley

Hop Plant Health Impacts Harvest Timing and Aroma

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Claire Desmarais

Hop Growers Navigate Water Shortages, Heat, and Pests in the Yakima Valley

The hop industry faces another challenging year with water and heat stress in 2024. Get insights on hop varieties and what the harvest will

Claire Desmarais

Hop Plant Health Impacts Harvest Timing and Aroma

Explore how virus-infected plant material impacts hop-picking windows. Learn what this means for overall hop aroma and flavor.

Claire Desmarais

Award-Winning Icicle Brewing Q&A with CLS Farms

Check out this Q/A with Icicle Brewing's Collin Christianson on the success of award-winning Alpenhaze Hazy IPA featuring El Dorado hops.

Claire Desmarais

Neomexicanus Hops: A Tribute to the Legacy of Medusa™ Hops

Learn about the journey behind these Neomexicanus hops and explore Death By Medusa IPA, a tribute to Medusa™'s legacy and the end of an era.

Claire Desmarais

2023 Mid-Hop Harvest Update in the Yakima Valley

Our mid-hop harvest update shares insights into this year's Centennial crop along with what's happening in other variety groups.

Claire Desmarais

Hop Harvest Begins Earlier Than Normal

Hop harvest in the Yakima Valley is underway for the 2023 season. This is the first of several harvest updates CLS Farms will release.

Claire Desmarais

El Dorado Hop Combinations for Your Next Beer

Try out these El Dorado hop combinations for your next beer.

Claire Desmarais

Balancing Effort: Hop Acreage Declines in 2023

U.S. hop acreage declined by 8% or 5,067 acres in an effort to rebalance the hop market amidst a falling craft beer market.

Claire Desmarais

Higher Yields, Lower Emissions: Solutions to Climate Issues in the Hop Industry

How CLS Farms is Taking Steps to Reduce Emissions and Increase Efficiency in the Face of a Changing Environment

Claire Desmarais

Too Many Hops: 10,000 Acre Cut Needed, Says Barth

An oversupplied hop market shows a 35 million pound surplus. Industry leaders estimate a 10,000-acre reduction is needed.

Claire Desmarais

Desmarais Family Origin Story: Growing Hops in Yakima

CLS Farms is a fifth-generation hop farm in Yakima, WA, with the Desmarais family originating from Quebec.

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Brewing With Zappa® Hops

This rebel hop is native to the mountains of New Mexico. Zappa® wasn’t crossed with conventional varieties by early settlers, or...

Claire Desmarais

Our Mutual Friend Wins Award for Zappa Weirding Way

Zappa Weirding Way from Our Mutual Friend received the Good Food Award for the beer category in January.

Claire Desmarais

Green Bench Brewing Partners with Three Farms for Hop Convention Beer

Green Bench Brewing partners with three farms to brew a beer featuring El Dorado, Idaho Gem, and Azacca for the 2022 Hop Convention.

Claire Desmarais

It's Spanish for 'The Dorado:' Cigar City Brews El Dorado Beer for Convention

CLS Farms and John I. Haas, Inc. teamed up with Cigar City Brewing for an all El Dorado® beer featuring four types of hop products.

Claire Desmarais

CLS Farms Update: What Happens After Hop Harvest?

Harvest ended a few months ago, which means growers are just starting to feel relief from their “harvest hangover.” The holidays are just...

Claire Desmarais

Smog City Brews Zappa® and Medusa™ Beer for Native Species

Kelp On The Way is an IPA that was brewed as part of Smog City’s Community Impact series that features Zappa® and Medusa™ hops.

Claire Desmarais

DESCHUTES BREWERY RELEASES CLS FARMS GROWER DIRECT IPA

Deschutes Brewery has released its Grower Direct IPA featuring CLS Farms hops.

Claire Desmarais

TALEA BEER CO. BREWS A ONE IN EIGHT WITBIER

TALEA Beer Co. joins the One in Eight campaign that brews beer for breast cancer awareness and support.

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#HopCam: Scenes From Harvest

An inside look into hop harvest 2021 at CLS Farms.

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El Dorado® at the Craft Brewers Conference

El Dorado® is coming to the Craft Brewers Conference in Denver for a special seminar on Friday, September 10, 2021.

Eric Desmarais

CLS Farms Crop Update August 2021

At CLS Farms, we’re preparing to begin harvest in a few short weeks, so we decided to provide you with a crop update.

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All Dorado Beer Recipe

Three Weavers Brewing, CLS Farms, and Yakima Valley hops teamed up for an a single-hop El Dorado® beer.

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Recipe: El Dorado® Hazy Apricot Pale Ale

Just in time for summer, this Hazy Apricot Pale Ale featuring El Dorado and Cashmere in the dry hop is perfect to add to your beer list.

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Recipe: El Dorado® American Pale Ale

This American Pale Ale features El Dorado, Cascade, Comet, and Chinook hops. Heavy El Dorado in the dry hop elicits juicy flavors.

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Recipe: El Dorado® West Coast IPA

A West Coast IPA recipe featuring El Dorado, Comet, Cashmere, and Chinook hops.

CLS Farms

El Dorado® Recipe: Boom Town Brewing & John Fearless

With so many ways to brew, we wanted to offer some recipes to show brewers how others are using El Dorado®. This first recipe comes from Boo

Claire Desmarais

Spotlight: Legion Brewing and Yakima Quality Hops

As part of our dealer and brewer spotlight, we sat down, or should I say virtually sat down, with Legion Brewing and Yakima Quality Hops to

Claire Desmarais

El Dorado® LUPOMAX® NOW AVAILABLE

El Dorado® is available in the latest innovation from John I. Haas: LUPOMAX®. A highly concentrated and standardized pellet.

Claire Desmarais

Things We Don't Say IPA: Brick West Brewing

CLS Farms met up with Brick West Brewing to participate in the Things We Don't Say IPA collaboration using El Dorado® hops.

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HAAS® HOPCAST™: CLS FARMS & EL DORADO®

This is a repost from the Haas® HopCast™ Soundcloud page. The CLS Farms crew talked virtually with Micah Cawley from John I. Haas® to...

Shelley Desmarais

Spring Work: Let the Twining Begin

Every spring, the start of the growing season kicks off with twining. It is one of the most important parts of farming hops because, without

Claire Desmarais

Asia Brewers Network: El Dorado® Hops

CLS Farms teamed up with the Asia Brewers Network to share and educate brewers on El Dorado® hops.

Eric Desmarais

2020 National Hop Report Breakdown

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released its annual National Hop Report on Dec. 22.

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