Comments on: Musing: Wine top dog where hops grow http://appellationbeer.com/blog/musing-wine-top-dog-where-hops-grow/ Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:51:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Eileen http://appellationbeer.com/blog/musing-wine-top-dog-where-hops-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-152197 Eileen Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:22:19 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/musing-wine-top-dog-where-hops-grow/#comment-152197 I agree Stan. I would be all for beer tasting. I agree Stan. I would be all for beer tasting.

]]> By: Todd http://appellationbeer.com/blog/musing-wine-top-dog-where-hops-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-125397 Todd Thu, 29 May 2008 23:47:26 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/musing-wine-top-dog-where-hops-grow/#comment-125397 I was shocked that Toppenish, Moxee, Yakima and more were not such a tourist destination. It sure was beautiful, the folks were really super nice, and if you groove with hops,,,,, wow! I guess I was never a winer. I'd sure think that every brewer that ever was eventually would make the pilgramage to the hop zones of the world. Nice people and beautiful hops in a real pretty place make for potentials. But,,,,, tourism is rough these days. Sounds like other places that don't want anybody to know how cool it really is there........... if you like that kind of place.... and kind of people. Simple life, no rubber biscuits I like the idea of hard farm work, cheap prawns, major hops, kind people, great weather, and hopefully great beers!!!!!!, and again, lots of hops!! Someday.... Hops,,,, I mean hope.... I mean hops.......for the future. I was shocked that Toppenish, Moxee, Yakima and more were not such a tourist destination. It sure was beautiful, the folks were really super nice, and if you groove with hops,,,,, wow! I guess I was never a winer.

I’d sure think that every brewer that ever was eventually would make the pilgramage to the hop zones of the world.

Nice people and beautiful hops in a real pretty place make for potentials.

But,,,,, tourism is rough these days.

Sounds like other places that don’t want anybody to know how cool it really is there……….. if you like that kind of place…. and kind of people.
Simple life, no rubber biscuits

I like the idea of hard farm work, cheap prawns, major hops, kind people,
great weather, and hopefully great beers!!!!!!, and again, lots of hops!!
Someday….
Hops,,,, I mean hope…. I mean hops…….for the future.

]]> By: Sam http://appellationbeer.com/blog/musing-wine-top-dog-where-hops-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-125317 Sam Thu, 29 May 2008 18:09:24 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/musing-wine-top-dog-where-hops-grow/#comment-125317 Sounds like a chicken or egg problem Sounds like a chicken or egg problem

]]> By: Stan Hieronymus http://appellationbeer.com/blog/musing-wine-top-dog-where-hops-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-125273 Stan Hieronymus Thu, 29 May 2008 15:52:27 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/musing-wine-top-dog-where-hops-grow/#comment-125273 Good point, Todd. The state of the museum may have been influenced by deflated hop prices. Also, Toppenish is NOT a tourist destination - hard to plow money into keeping up a place people don't visit. But if people came to the region to sample beer like they do to sample wine then it would be a perfect location. Good point, Todd. The state of the museum may have been influenced by deflated hop prices.

Also, Toppenish is NOT a tourist destination – hard to plow money into keeping up a place people don’t visit. But if people came to the region to sample beer like they do to sample wine then it would be a perfect location.

]]> By: Todd http://appellationbeer.com/blog/musing-wine-top-dog-where-hops-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-125129 Todd Thu, 29 May 2008 02:09:42 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/musing-wine-top-dog-where-hops-grow/#comment-125129 Thanks so much for the updates and picts of the Northwest tour. I wish I was there but I'm glad I'm here. I'm in the field doing the same thing as the picts and things here look similiar. We finally got the heat here in NM and it looks like so did Yakima. Please keep posting. When I did the NW tour, I also got worked up for the Hop museum and got the sort of hmmmmm,.... "let down"? not really?.....But............I got some really cool t-shirts and a really cool plastic hop bine with cones. I sure learned alot from the old picts. Hmmm. You know, your post of how old and sort of run down some things were got me to think. Could all of it be some of the fallout from such highly reduced prices for hops for so many years? Folks quit caring and just move on to more fertile ground??? See if you can get Ralph to take you for the inexpensive, giant prawn cocktails in Moxee. Maybe the awesome deals for such great food is related to the cobwebs. But, maybe the price of prawns is now related to the price of hops. Ouch! Thanks for the updates from the real fields Stan!!! Thanks so much for the updates and picts of the Northwest tour.
I wish I was there but I’m glad I’m here. I’m in the field doing the same thing as the picts and things here look similiar. We finally got the heat here in NM and it looks like so did Yakima. Please keep posting.

When I did the NW tour, I also got worked up for the Hop museum and got the sort of hmmmmm,…. “let down”? not really?…..But…………I got some really cool t-shirts and a really cool plastic hop bine with cones. I sure learned alot from the old picts. Hmmm.

You know, your post of how old and sort of run down some things were got me to think.
Could all of it be some of the fallout from such highly reduced prices for hops for so many years? Folks quit caring and just move on to more fertile ground???

See if you can get Ralph to take you for the inexpensive, giant prawn cocktails in Moxee. Maybe the awesome deals for such great food is related to the cobwebs.

But, maybe the price of prawns is now related to the price of hops. Ouch!

Thanks for the updates from the real fields Stan!!!

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