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Walk into any brewery or grocery store today and you will see the letters IPA everywhere — that intense, tropical beer has become Oregon’s style. That wasn’t always the case. It turns out that a variety of hop bred in Oregon — almost by accident — sparked an entirely new way of making beer and a whole new tradition of American ales.

A new study shows that climate change is responsible for the decrease in quantity and quality of hops produced in Europe. That news could be problematic for Northwest hops farmers and beer drinkers.