Hops shortage coming to a head

Rocky Mountain News (2007-Current);  January 1, 2008 ;     261 words ......severe shortage of hops and malted barley...he expects that the price of a six-pack may...Papazian said. The price of hops has more than doubled...insiders say. The price of barley has increased...oup's office in Denver. Hops are a bittering agent...

Brewers' costs rising, and beer prices will follow ; Manufacturers say...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  November 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ......some varieties of hops mean that the price of a six-pack - whether...anytime soon." The price for barley malt...years. Prices for hops - the ingredient that...commands a higher price because of its use...devoted to barley and hops. A study presented...

Small breweries taking hits during hops shortage

University Wire;  December 3, 2007 ;     620 words ......BOULDER, Colo. -- The price of suds may get Rocky...global shortages of hops, the ingredient that...brewery's supplier, the price of barley has jumped...last year, while the price of hops has risen as high...Longmont, Colo.. "So the price went down." Not seeing...used for farming ...

TROUBLE BREWING BEER PRICES ON THE RISE BLAME IT ON THE COST OF HOPS AND...

The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  October 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ......informed craft brewers of price increases ranging...to 80 percent, and hops suppliers announced...on the variety of hops. The price of hops -- which give beers...That's caused some hops varieties to quadruple in price over the past year...

Rising cost of hops takes toll on U. Montana-area breweries

University Wire;  February 8, 2008 ;     674 words ......scramble to stay afloat amid the hops crisis. Excessive rains and...create a worldwide shortage of hops and barley. Paul Roys, head...only about 25,000 acres of hops, produced mostly in Washington...said Roys. Last spring, the price of hops jumped six-fold. "They went...control." Roys said ...

HOPS ARE HOT

La Crosse Tribune;  April 12, 2008 ;     612 words ......call up his supplier and order hops for his brewery. Not anymore. A worldwide hops shortage has craft brewers...brewmaster Todd Krueger. The price of hops has climbed as muchas fivefold...news for beer drinkers. The price of beer nationwide rose 4 percent...months. Katchever expects the ...

Co-ops for hops

Isthmus;  November 7, 2008 ;     637 words ......with secondary processors such as maltsters. Barley and hops are two of the most essential ingredients in beer, along...increases jeopardize small craft breweries especially Both hops and barley were major crops in Wisconsin in the 19th century. Hops never really rebounded in the state following pest ...

Brewers HOP TO IT; The grow-your-own movement now extends to hops, as a...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 31, 2008 ;     700+ words ......protected from the shortage and price hikes because they have futures contracts with hops farmers. But for the increasingly...destroyed 2 million pounds of hops. At least 75 percent of hops are grown in Washington. With...local breweries were buying hops from us for the first time...before ...

Hops skip into the shortage zone, jump in price

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  October 11, 2007 ;     431 words ......Bergen County, NJ) 10-11-2007 Hops skip into the shortage zone, jump in price By GREG KITSOCK, THE WASHINGTON...ad jingle, when you're out of hops, you're out of beer. Craft brewers...in fewer and poorer-quality hops, deficient in alpha acids, hops' primary bittering component...

Low hops a quaffing matter

Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.;  November 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Restaurant, said hops that cost $4 a pound...also increasing in price by as much as 30 percent...have also seen the price of ingredients rise...shortages in high-end hops, but James Amezcua...this vicious cycle of price declines," Ward said...years, I would say, hops have been sold ...

In the Yakima Valley, the wine-grapes are sweet and the hops...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  September 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ......of the deutsche mark is key. Hops are used in beer. Germany is...two main merchant buyers of hops. The price of hops in Germany sets the price here, MacKinnon says. So the...around $1.50 a pound, a low price that means only the most efficient...remains a big question mark. Most ...

With fewer hops, prices jump

The Boston Globe;  January 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the hops they want, or any hops at all. (Much larger producers...beers, it couldn't find the hops to make the contest winner...crop, they are facing steep price increases. "Prices have gone...sales forHopunion, which buys hops from producers worldwide and...able to find his preferred ...

Brewers' search for hops pressures beer prices

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  November 24, 2007 ;     223 words ......Beer drinkers beware: A shortage of hops could force your local microbrewer to raise...beers. Microbrewers usually can find all hops they need for different varieties of beer...farmers opted to grow corn rather than hops due to high prices fueled by an ethanol...

State Prohibits Hops Bailout Plan -- Growers would pay selves to remove...

Yakima Herald-Republic;  June 5, 2002 ;     470 words ......The commission was formed to advertise and promote the hops industry, maintain or create markets and facilitate research. Growers pay just over a penny per pound of hops to fund the commission. Opponents also feared an additional assessment would interfere with existing hops contracts, and that a ...

"ORGANIC" HOPS: A CASE STUDY

The Independent Weekly;  October 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......But it wasn't just a big player that petitioned for the hops exemption. Smaller breweries, such as peak Brewing of Portland...USDA. Peak founder Jon Cadoux explained that "it will take hops a long, long time to get the quantity and variety" necessary...a large variety and quantity of beer using only organic ...