USDA National Hop Report - 2012

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  1. oregone

    oregone Initiate (0) Jul 2, 2008 Oregon

    And bummed that Amarillo isn't listed. That one is becoming the real rarity.
     
  2. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,611) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    The figure quoted at the 2011 NHC was 480 acres for Amarillo. There is said to be another farm growing Amarillo now under contract. Do not know the totals.
     
  3. OldSock

    OldSock Maven (1,406) Apr 3, 2005 District of Columbia

    I've actually heard some brewers complain that the big homebrewing suppliers have bigger contracts for Citra/Simcoe than most breweries do.
     
  4. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,611) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    The big suppliers ha e contracts. Don't know how the LHBS goes about getting the supplyine always has a supply of the high fans hops. Other shops run out.

    Anyone know more?
     
  5. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,176) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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    I grew my own for a couple seasons. My wife, an invasive plant ecology, was against my planting them in the yard. I planted them in large containers. They were a minor success but had a rough time making it through a Wisconsin winter
     
  6. mountsnow1010

    mountsnow1010 Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2009 Vermont

    Your wife is an invasive plant?
     
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  7. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,043) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    No, smarty. He said she is an ecology. One that contains invasive plants.
     
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  8. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,176) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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    Typo. My inner monologue and my fingers are not always in sync. Point is, she kills hops (Humulus japonicus) and other plants for a living and hates to bring her work home.
     
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  9. OldSock

    OldSock Maven (1,406) Apr 3, 2005 District of Columbia

    It is usually the supplier (i.e., someone like LD Carlson) who has the big contract, and they supply the LHBS. Might be that some stores are reqarded for selling more. I've heard of some breweries that also run homebrewing stores syphoning off from the homebrew shop for commercial batches, shameful but true.
     
  10. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,043) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Wouldn't this have to be a really small brewery and/or a really big (sales-wise) homebrew store?
     
  11. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,611) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    Now we see the packages from HopUnion in the LHBS, and that is maybe the largest broker for the craft brewing industry. I have seen many a 11 kg box of HopUnion pellets at the LHBS. Don't know if the shops get those directly from HopUnion or from a supply house like LD Carlson.
     
  12. OldSock

    OldSock Maven (1,406) Apr 3, 2005 District of Columbia

    Certainly, even then just saving enough Citra for a special batch/cask. You're not going to make a year round beer like that.
     
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