Westwood Farms
Hop GrowerOregonVarieties Published: 0
Grower Data
- State
- Oregon
- Family Ownership
- John and Liz Coleman
- Merchant Affiliation
- Indie Hops grower; Yakima Chief Hops grower-owner (archived YCH growers page, October 2026); Westwood Farms Inc on the YCR Oregon roster
- Notes
- Willamette Valley fields; Indie Hops describes a commitment to regenerative agriculture.
- Verified
- Checked Against a Primary Source
- Verification
- source page opened and read
- Source Url
- indiehops.com
- Other Sources
- web.archive.org
web.archive.org
Varieties This Grower Publishes as Grown
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No variety has been published for this farm yet.
2026 Medal Beers That Name This Farm
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No brewery of a 2026 medal beer has named this farm.
2026 Medal Beers That Use Hops Grown Here
Grown by. These beers use a hop variety this farm publishes as grown. It does not mean the brewery bought from this farm.
No 2026 medal beer uses a variety this farm grows.
Breweries With a 2026 Medal Beer Linked to This Farm
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No brewery with a 2026 medal beer is linked to this farm.
Hop Merchants
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| Yakima Chief Hops | merchant and cooperative | Yakima WA | 100% grower-owned; 14 grower-owners on the archived October 2026 growers page (15 family farms as of 2019) | Product lines listed on the archived site: fresh hops, whole leaf hops, hop pellets, Cryo Hops, Cryo Fresh, aged hops, American Noble Hops, CO2 extract, organic hops, HyperBoost, DynaBoost and hop blends. Facility locations are not stated on the pages read. | Simcoe, Citra, Mosaic and Loral are managed by Yakima Chief Ranches (archived Yakima Chief page) | Brulotte Farms appears on the archived April 2026 list but not on the October 2026 list; Westwood Farms appears on the October list. Grower names and owners only; per farm variety lists were not archived. Archive copies used because the live site shows a bot challenge. | web.archive.org | Checked Against a Primary Source |
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| Yakima Chief Ranches | breeder and brand manager | Yakima Valley WA | Owned by three Yakima Valley farms: Perrault Farms, Loftus Ranches and Carpenter Ranches; began in the late 1980s as the Carpenters, Smiths and Perraults; a Hop Breeding Company member | Micropropagation: meristem viral therapy, tissue culture multiplication, greenhouse conditioning and delivery of potted plants to grower fields in an 8 to 10 week cycle (archived November 2025). Footprints brand management program. | Brands listed on the archived brands page: Ahtanum (YCR 1), Citra (HBC 394), Dolcita (HBC 1019), Ekuanot (HBC 366), HBC 682, Idaho 7 (J 007), Krush (HBC 586), Loral (HBC 291), Mosaic (HBC 369), Palisade (YCR 4), Sabro (HBC 438), Simcoe (YCR 14), Talus (HBC 692), Warrior (YCR 5) | Publishes a roster of 41 farms it works with (Washington 22, Idaho 7, Oregon 12), up from 43 farms in a March 2023 snapshot. The roster is not broken down by variety, so it is the closest published grower list for the managed brands but not a per variety licence list. Beginning in 2011 with the three owners it expanded across the three states. | web.archive.org | Checked Against a Primary Source |
| Indie Hops | merchant and pellet processor | Oregon | Not Found | Buys hops from Willamette Valley farms and mills pellets (search result summary); Cryo and HyperBoost forms of Strata are listed | Audacia, Lórien, Luminosa, Meridian, Strata | Publishes a named grower roster and the Strata licensee list. Headquarters not stated on the pages retrieved. | indiehops.com | Not Checked |
Research Notes
Westwood Farms is recorded here from the sources listed below, and only as those sources state it. A blank field means no source checked states it.
Location
OR.
Ownership-and-history
- Family or ownership: John and Liz Coleman
Varieties-as-published
No variety list for this farm was found in the sources checked.
Supply-chain
- Affiliation as published: Indie Hops grower; Yakima Chief Hops grower-owner (archived YCH growers page, October 2026); Westwood Farms Inc on the YCR Oregon roster
- Listed as a source farm of Yakima Chief Hops in the merchants file
- Listed as a source farm of Yakima Chief Ranches in the merchants file
- Listed as a source farm of Indie Hops in the merchants file
Notes
Willamette Valley fields; Indie Hops describes a commitment to regenerative agriculture.