Beer Infinity Beer, Brewing & Beyond
| Via 47 Hops comes this potentially alarming report (.pdf) about the supply and cost of hops in the near future (quotes come from both sources):
Rapid growth of the American craft brewing industry presents a challenge unlike any the American hop industry has previously faced. The State o f the U.S. Hop Industry and of the hop market is stable. However, that stability will not be long lived. The industry is moving perilously toward a wall of production capacity. The craft industry expanded at 15% in 2012. Ifgrowth in the U.S. craft brewing industry continues between 10 – 15 % per year in 20 13, and ifthe varieties in demand do not change to include those from other countries or those harvested earlier or later, fierce competition for limited production and higher prices are inevitable. This does not take into consideration the return of the multinational mega – brewers en masse into the alpha market, something we anticipate will also happen within the next 2 – 3 years. Since 2008, they ha … |
Source: Beervana
Read the full article here.
