http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/the-hot-new-business-hop-farming/ Jay R. Brooks on Beer Thu, 24 May 2012 20:09:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://beerzine.com/?v=3.3.2 http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/the-hot-new-business-hop-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-1857 dave Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:22:10 +0000 http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/the-hot-new-business-hop-farming/#comment-1857 There was an interesting article several months back, that sounded true. It might have been a news [or quoted news] that said that part of the reason that we got into the hop trouble we are/were in in last year was due to the huge drop in hop prices, and that many farmers couldn't make enough money in hops to invest in the necessary equipment to keep things going, so many got out of the hop farming business. So with that and several fires {kilns can't remember that part so much] and the increase in demand, hop prices are now where the "hop establishment' want them, so you can see they might be a little secretive and sensitive about too much expansion. All that said, I sure think that this "estate" grown hops is a great thing, and a some country wide diversity is certainly a good thing! Who says hops can only be the northwest. We don't want to see what we've seen this last year ever again! dave There was an interesting article several months back, that sounded true. It might have been a news [or quoted news] that said that part of the reason that we got into the hop trouble we are/were in in last year was due to the huge drop in hop prices, and that many farmers couldn’t make enough money in hops to invest in the necessary equipment to keep things going, so many got out of the hop farming business. So with that and several fires {kilns can’t remember that part so much] and the increase in demand, hop prices are now where the “hop establishment’ want them, so you can see they might be a little secretive and sensitive about too much expansion.
All that said, I sure think that this “estate” grown hops is a great thing, and a some country wide diversity is certainly a good thing! Who says hops can only be the northwest.
We don’t want to see what we’ve seen this last year ever again!
dave

]]> http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/the-hot-new-business-hop-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-1858 Duane Verner Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:39:53 +0000 http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/the-hot-new-business-hop-farming/#comment-1858 I think it is great that more and more people are growing hops in different parts of the country. Local, and organic, grown hops will add quality to craft beers and help to differentiate a region's beer based on terroir. I think it is great that more and more people are growing hops in different parts of the country. Local, and organic,
grown hops will add quality to craft beers and help to differentiate a region’s beer based on terroir.

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