Hops and dreams: Cornell helps new varieties go from field to glass
September 10, 2026
September 10, 2026
ITHACA, New York, Sept. 10 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Hops and dreams: Cornell helps new varieties go from field to glass
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Nathan Lewis stands in a three-acre yard at Gates East Farm on the Cornell AgriTech campus, plants strung high over his head. He is harvesting flowers, splitting each cone in half and rubbing the two sides together to release their aromas from the sticky, yellow gland in the middle. Is it ready? . . .
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Hops and dreams: Cornell helps new varieties go from field to glass
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Nathan Lewis stands in a three-acre yard at Gates East Farm on the Cornell AgriTech campus, plants strung high over his head. He is harvesting flowers, splitting each cone in half and rubbing the two sides together to release their aromas from the sticky, yellow gland in the middle. Is it ready? . . .