900px-lager_beer_in_glass_0Celebrating the Seahawks? Sylvia Kantor, writer for the College of Agriculture, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University, wants you to know the origins, the terroir, and the roots of that celebratory glass of local beer or booze. Sylvia gives the backstory on the wheat and barley that make our microbrewery and distillery products exceptional. What happens to used grains, hops and grapes? Sylvia’s got that story, too.