Hop Crisis A "perfect storm" has caused the price of hops to ski rocket. Many things factor into to making this happen: bad crop yields, increased consumption in other countries, and hop farms going away. It doesn't help that just a few years ago hop prices were so low that there wasn't incentive to keep growing them when growing corn to be used for ethanol production commanded a higher price. The beer that we know and love may go away or may become more expensive to drink. the Homework Grow some hops! Or enjoy a big hoppy beer at your local. the Beer list Repeal Rye from 21st Amendment Drunk dial the robot at leave a message at 206-666-5338. Host: John Foster, Motor Guests: Stu Stuart and Shaun O'Sullivan Be sure to visit: http://21st-amendment.com/ http://belgianbeerme.com/ Looks for us in San Francisco, CA. Email us at info@beerschool.com Good noon! Not recorded at the Rat Pad. Recorded in San Francisco on 03/24/2008. BeerSchool and BeerSchool.com are a trademarks of Ayer Media, Inc. © 2008 Ayer Media, Inc.

Author:  BeerSchoolcom

Duration: 01:16:58

Published: 2008-03-31

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