Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Hop shortages mean weird beers in the future

Apparently, we are currently in a worldwide hop shortage. That means that hops are impossible to get.

Northern brewer, arguably one if the largest homebrew supply houses in the US has these hops (pellets) in stock: Admiral, ahtanum, boadicea, brewer's gold, galena, marynka, newport, pride of ringwood, summit, and german tradition. No cascade. No hallertauer. No centennial. I'd say the only quasi-mainstream hop in there is Galena... but they'll probably run out soon.

This is good and bad I suppose. It may lead to some really cool beers in our near future- new and different hops, could lead to really great, unusual beers.

Or it could make really shitty ones.

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