Hoptopia: A World of Agriculture and Beer in Oregon's Willamette Valley

The contents of your pint glass have a much richer history than you could have imagined. Through the story of the hop, Hoptopia connects twenty—first century beer drinkers to lands and histories that have been forgotten in an era of industrial food production. The craft beer revolution of the late twentieth century is a remarkable global history that converged in the agricultural landscapes of Oregon’s Willamette Valley. The common hop, a plant native to Eurasia, arrived to the Pacific Nort...