Hop Farming in Colorado

To write this weekâs cover story, âIs Everyone Hoppy?,â about hop farming in Colorado, Jonathan Shikes asked Longmont's Left Hand Brewing if he could accompany one of their two volunteer pilots on a sortie to Paonia, where they planned to pick up fresh hops for Warrior IPA, a fresh hop beer made annually. Much to his dismay, Left Hand agreed. Continue clicking for Shikes's story of how it went.