Beervana Blog, Jeff Alworth Driven by an interest in the newly released hop, ‘Monocacy’, Jeff Alworth toured the USDA National Clonal Germplasm Repository in Corvallis, Oregon with the team of scientists who analyzed its genetic makeup. He describes what he learned about ‘Monocacy’, the Repository’s vast hop collections, and the network of genebanks that collect, characterize, and maintain plant genetic diversity.