Comments on: Malt and hops supply updates http://appellationbeer.com/blog/malt-and-hops-supply-updates/ Tue, 22 May 2012 16:56:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sidney Porter http://appellationbeer.com/blog/malt-and-hops-supply-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-115638 Sidney Porter Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:11:34 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/malt-and-hops-supply-updates/#comment-115638 "And German hop farmers were surprised by demand, particularly from craft brewers, for aroma hops." "You’ve been fortunate to be buying hops (for years) at below the cost of production" It sound like the hop growers were out of touch with how their product was being used. They could have probably raised the prices on aroma hops rahter than replacing aroma hops with high AA “And German hop farmers were surprised by demand, particularly from craft brewers, for aroma hops.”

“You’ve been fortunate to be buying hops (for years) at below the cost of production”

It sound like the hop growers were out of touch with how their product was being used. They could have probably raised the prices on aroma hops rahter than replacing aroma hops with high AA

]]> By: Bailey http://appellationbeer.com/blog/malt-and-hops-supply-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-115472 Bailey Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:36:50 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/malt-and-hops-supply-updates/#comment-115472 Fascinating stuff. Beer, much as I love it, takes a lot of energy and a lot of land to produce. I can't help but think that it *ought* to be pretty expensive. It's a luxury, not a right. And other statements of the bleeding obvious. Fascinating stuff. Beer, much as I love it, takes a lot of energy and a lot of land to produce. I can’t help but think that it *ought* to be pretty expensive. It’s a luxury, not a right. And other statements of the bleeding obvious.

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