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#1 positiveContact

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Posted 20 August 2015 - 10:06 AM

Not my aroma hops!

 

https://www.usahops....ress&pressID=62

 

Yields for Alpha varieties were reported to be above average, while high

temperatures in June and July across the Pacific Northwest negatively

impacted the yield of aroma varieties. Some areas of Washington's lower

Yakima Valley have been impacted by problems with irrigation district water

delivery. There were reports of increased mite pressure in some areas.



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Posted 20 August 2015 - 10:11 AM

I was wondering about this. I had assumed the drought and maybe even the wildfires would impact the hop harvest.



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Posted 20 August 2015 - 10:33 AM

overall the yield is up though.  are most of the hops grown for bittering?



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Posted 20 August 2015 - 10:35 AM

There's so much great hop growing land in the US. It's a shame most of the crop is in Washington. 



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Posted 20 August 2015 - 11:35 AM

There's so much great hop growing land in the US. It's a shame most of the crop is in Washington. 

no it's not :D


no it's not :D

a shame



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Posted 20 August 2015 - 11:41 AM

Great for you, shitty for everyone else. 



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Posted 20 August 2015 - 11:50 AM

Great for you, shitty for everyone else. 

I don't live anywhere near Yakima, in fact.  I'm on the Idaho border. :)



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Posted 20 August 2015 - 12:18 PM

overall the yield is up though. are most of the hops grown for bittering?


Well, BMC pretty much only use bittering. Shit loads of Willamette, IIRC. Even with their anemic hopping they take the bulk of the hops in the US. I don't know the percentage, but it's high.

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Posted 20 August 2015 - 12:21 PM

Well, BMC pretty much only use bittering. Shit loads of Willamette, IIRC. Even with their anemic hopping they take the bulk of the hops in the US. I don't know the percentage, but it's high.

 

on that website Willamette is listed as an aroma hop though.



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Posted 20 August 2015 - 12:54 PM

I don't live anywhere near Yakima, in fact.  I'm on the Idaho border. :)

 

A lot closer than Tampa!!!


Also, partially what I mean is having all our hops in one metaphorical basket for the most part.



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Posted 20 August 2015 - 01:07 PM

I was wondering about this. I had assumed the drought and maybe even the wildfires would impact the hop harvest.

 

Not the fires as far as I know.  I'm heading up to Yakima for the harvest and Hop & Brew School in a couple weeks, so I can report after that.


There's so much great hop growing land in the US. It's a shame most of the crop is in Washington. 

 

But there really isn't...that's why hop growing concentrated in the PNW.  It's good to see it growing in other regions, but there's a reason they stopped growing hops in those other regions before.


Well, BMC pretty much only use bittering. Shit loads of Willamette, IIRC. Even with their anemic hopping they take the bulk of the hops in the US. I don't know the percentage, but it's high.

 

Not any more.  They were concerned about being too dependent on one type, so now the word is they blend 17 different varieties.



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Posted 20 August 2015 - 01:44 PM

Not any more.  They were concerned about being too dependent on one type, so now the word is they blend 17 different varieties.

 

 

I always wondered why they stuck with the single variety, particularly when the flavor isn't really a critical component.  A multi-variety blend certainly reduces the risk of certain varieties having down years.



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Posted 20 August 2015 - 01:44 PM

Not the fires as far as I know.  I'm heading up to Yakima for the harvest and Hop & Brew School in a couple weeks, so I can report after that.


 

But there really isn't...that's why hop growing concentrated in the PNW.  It's good to see it growing in other regions, but there's a reason they stopped growing hops in those other regions before.


 

Not any more.  They were concerned about being too dependent on one type, so now the word is they blend 17 different varieties.

 

Much of it was for the same reason that the number of breweries declined too, not because of climate.

 

My FIL's uncle has land in Minnesota and he and his uncle went to the university to talk to the guy there that is in charge of their hop program. Basically his view was that the you can grow them just fine, but the cost to entry is high and you need specialized equipment, otherwise you need a huge labor force. My FIL's uncle decided to stick with corn. Farmers are generally conservative people and he was a gentlemans farmer so he didn't have to do much but make decisions on what to plant, when, and negotiating the contracts. He did say that if we come up there we can have a half acre on a hill near the house to play around with, but it's on our dime. He's a tough old guy.




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