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Washington hop-grower Haas also brews beers

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Published August 18, 2014 6:11pm ET
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Washington hop-grower Haas also brews beers
In an August 8, 2014 photo, research brewer Virgil McDonald, left, and assistant brewer Martin Hodel share a laugh while bottling a lager at the John I. Haas hop company innovation center in Yakima, Wash. The innovation center's brewery allows brewers to come in and sample what beers made with a variety of hops might taste like rather than having to schedule a time to brew it themselves. (AP Photo/Yakima Herald-Republic, Kaitlyn Bernauer) Research brewer Virgil McDonald, left, and assistant brewer Martin Hodel share a laugh while bottling a lager at the John I. Haas hop company innovation center in Yakima, Wash. on August 8, 2014. The innovation center's brewery allows brewers to come in and sample what beers made with a variety of hops might taste like rather than having to schedule a time to brew it themselves. (ASSOCIATED PRESS/Yakima Herald-Republic, Kaitlyn Bernauer) | Kaitlyn Bernauer

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Foam shoots from the lip of a freshly filled bottle of lager in the research brewery at John I. Haas.

Virgil McDonald likes what he sees,

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