Comments on: It’s All About the Hops – Fresh Hop Fest and More http://www.washingtonbeerblog.com/its-all-about-the-hops-fresh-hop-fest-and-more/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:30:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: washingtonbeerblog http://www.washingtonbeerblog.com/its-all-about-the-hops-fresh-hop-fest-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-726 washingtonbeerblog Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:21:19 +0000 http://www.washingtonbeerblog.com/?p=2417#comment-726 Wow, reading through that Barth Report made me understand why there is such a thing as Hop School. A lot of information. One thing that stood out to me, on page 9... "All the assumptions made a year ago regarding beer consumption and hop demand are now unfounded. A large part of the acreage expansion carried out in 2008 in the USA in particular in response to demand from the brewing industry is now no longer needed." I still can't pretend to understand how all of this will affect prices. My gut instinct is that it will not affect prices in any way that will be noticeable to the consumer. But, I haven't been to Hop School. Wow, reading through that Barth Report made me understand why there is such a thing as Hop School. A lot of information. One thing that stood out to me, on page 9…

“All the assumptions made a year ago regarding beer consumption and hop demand are now unfounded. A large part of the acreage expansion carried out in 2008 in the USA in particular in response to demand from the brewing industry is now no longer needed.”

I still can’t pretend to understand how all of this will affect prices. My gut instinct is that it will not affect prices in any way that will be noticeable to the consumer. But, I haven’t been to Hop School.

]]> By: Hop http://www.washingtonbeerblog.com/its-all-about-the-hops-fresh-hop-fest-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Hop Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:31:00 +0000 http://www.washingtonbeerblog.com/?p=2417#comment-723 For futher info: http://www.barthhaasgroup.com/cmsdk/content/bhg/news/2008%20Barth%20Report%20English.pdf see what surplus means: more hops than demand For futher info:

http://www.barthhaasgroup.com/cmsdk/content/bhg/news/2008%20Barth%20Report%20English.pdf

see what surplus means:
more hops than demand

]]> By: washingtonbeerblog http://www.washingtonbeerblog.com/its-all-about-the-hops-fresh-hop-fest-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-719 washingtonbeerblog Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:40:46 +0000 http://www.washingtonbeerblog.com/?p=2417#comment-719 Good question, Patrick. There were reasons for the shortage a couple years ago, some better publicized than others. I won't go into that. But what does this surplus mean? IIf nobody posts a reply to your comment, I will certainly let you know what "hop surplus" means as soon as I get more information. Good question, Patrick. There were reasons for the shortage a couple years ago, some better publicized than others. I won’t go into that. But what does this surplus mean? IIf nobody posts a reply to your comment, I will certainly let you know what “hop surplus” means as soon as I get more information.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.washingtonbeerblog.com/its-all-about-the-hops-fresh-hop-fest-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-718 Patrick Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:40:11 +0000 http://www.washingtonbeerblog.com/?p=2417#comment-718 > "the industry’s current surplus problem." Can you elaborate on this? 2 years ago we had a shortage, now we have a surplus? Does that mean hop prices will be lower after the harvest this year? > “the industry’s current surplus problem.”

Can you elaborate on this? 2 years ago we had a shortage, now we have a surplus? Does that mean hop prices will be lower after the harvest this year?

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