The hands of a hop grower

Brent McGlashen of MacHops in New Zealand showing off a Nectaron cone

Motueka, New Zealand

“These are my moisture meter,” said Brent McGlashen, a fifth generation hop grower, well into a day last week punctuated with frequent grabbing, breaking and smelling of freshly picked hops being kilned on one of the Mac Hops farms.