Top photo from Oregon, bottom one from England (via Twitter). Goschie Farms is a prominent hop grower in the Willamette Valley, supporting its community in a variety of ways. As noted just yesterday, British hop acreage has long been shrinking. It will take the support of the British brewing community to change that.
The sponsored @BlackSheepBeer row of Yorkshire Hops, thanks guys! pic.twitter.com/RISu38R1L4
— Yorkshire Hops (@YorkshireHops) September 9, 2014
I was just down the road at Sodbuster farms yesterday. Good harvest, but early. The only thing still in the fields was crystal.
I’m hearing that Cascade and Centennial may be light this year. Not a disaster, but not a bumper crop (and in those varieties even a bumper crop might not be enough to meet demand).