Wine Enthusiast: Get These Farm-to-Bottle Beers Today

“Beyond love-it-or-hate-it Beaujolais Nouveau—which isn’t released until late November—the wine-drinking world can only pour promises (and prayers) during fall harvest. But a growing number of brewers are forgoing traditional techniques and making drink-now delights from this year’s bounty. Mid-August through early September is harvest season for hops, the flowering cones that provide beer with bitterness, aroma and flavor. Farmers rush to reap the fat, resinous flowers, drying them for use throughout the year.” Read more from Wine Enthusiast.