Comments on: Hops on Fire! http://hop-talk.com/2006/10/03/hops-on-fire/ Beer. Life. Blog. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:37:05 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hops! Hops! My kingdom for some hops! » Hop Talk http://hop-talk.com/2006/10/03/hops-on-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-5155 Hops! Hops! My kingdom for some hops! » Hop Talk Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:45:37 +0000 http://hop-talk.com/2006/10/03/hops-on-fire/#comment-5155 [...] Well, the big hops warehouse fire last year didn’t help, nor did some fires at a coupld of hop kilns. Many people are also [...] [...] Well, the big hops warehouse fire last year didn’t help, nor did some fires at a coupld of hop kilns. Many people are also [...]

]]> By: Al http://hop-talk.com/2006/10/03/hops-on-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Al Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:37:07 +0000 http://hop-talk.com/2006/10/03/hops-on-fire/#comment-48 Tragedy! Other news stories are quoting local brewers and trade groups as saying that this loss will not affect the price of locally-produced beers. Also, sources are indicating that the hops lost were high-alpha, used for bittering, rather than low-alpha, used for flavoring. High-alpha hops are much more easily replaced. Tragedy!

Other news stories are quoting local brewers and trade groups as saying that this loss will not affect the price of locally-produced beers.

Also, sources are indicating that the hops lost were high-alpha, used for bittering, rather than low-alpha, used for flavoring. High-alpha hops are much more easily replaced.

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