Union County farm grows hops, barley to make all-Ohio beer possible

Barrels of beer are growing in Matt Cunningham’s backyard, lots of barrels of beer. “It’s hard to put a number on it, but plenty,” Cunningham said as he ran a hand through thigh-high amber stalks of two-row malting barley at his Union County farm. “It’s a lot.” The 60 rolling acres behind his house, and a row of telephone poles wound with 100 hop bines, represent half of beer’s classic ingredient list, along with yeast and water. Cunningham began g