bashe

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Last Monday night until Tuesday morning massive thunderstorms swept
over North-Western Europe. They were joined by serious hail fall.
These storms caused a lot of damage and threw traffic into turmoil.
But the most sad result of these storms is that it looks like most of
Hallertau Hop fields have been completely wiped away. Staff of
Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephaner, who live throughout the
area, have all reported the complete destruction of hop fields in the
region.

As I soon as I get pictures of the damage done I will send them over,
but eye witnesses say it's worse than what they have ever seen in
their lives. Storms have caused damage before, but never of this
magnitude. It also seems to be too late to start a second try at
growing new plants – generally the hop harvest in Hallertau starts mid
to late August.

What this may mean for your and our industry is pretty clear. Let's
pray the first damage estimates prove pessimistic, and that some of
the harvest and plants could be saved. But for now, the situation
seems serious enough so prepare yourselves brewers.

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Primary's: Hob Goblin II, JOAM, Bleached Blonde Ale, Blonde Helles
Kegged: Imperial Honey Porter, JZ American Brown Ale, Scottish 80/-, Lake Walk Pale Ale, EdWort's Apfelwein, Parti-gyle Porter, Blueberry Blonde
Coming Up: Westvleteren 12 clone, Oktoberfast, SWMBO Slayer
Projects: Fermentation Chamber
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mrkristofo

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ugh...I can't decide if I want to see pics of this or not...

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Coming Soon:
Primary: Stone Vertical Epic 08.08.08
Secondary: Oaked Arrogant Bastard
Conditioning: Dead Guy Ale clone, Double-Dubbel
Drinking: Not for a while

bashe

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Black Warrior Brewery
Primary's: Hob Goblin II, JOAM, Bleached Blonde Ale, Blonde Helles
Kegged: Imperial Honey Porter, JZ American Brown Ale, Scottish 80/-, Lake Walk Pale Ale, EdWort's Apfelwein, Parti-gyle Porter, Blueberry Blonde
Coming Up: Westvleteren 12 clone, Oktoberfast, SWMBO Slayer
Projects: Fermentation Chamber
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HighPlainsDrifter

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Oy. That looks horrible. What a heart breaker.

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Bernie Brewer

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Yikes- Looks like I'm subbing Mt Hood in my recipes again next year. *sigh*..........

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balto charlie

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This is pretty early in the growing season. I would not be surprised to see the plants rebound. Harvest may be down...but not out.

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Drinking bock, Pils, Oatmeal stout, Arrogant Bastard yeast 07
Conditioning: Oktoberfest, Arrogant Bastard(2 batches)yeast 02 , Pils
Secondary Lagunitas IPA(2 different batches 02 and 01 yeasts)
Primary no sparge mild
On Deck: Dogfish Raison D'etre, gluten free IPA, Russian Imperial Stout/porter(partigyle)

Halaster

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May be time to place an order and freeze some of this hop. I use it in my amber ale and was looking at tweaking the recipe to get it more hoppy.

khiddy

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Oh dear. What a pisser.

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Beeritas Vos Liberabit Brewing
Primaries: BEER Beer (4/8/12); Fisher-Price My First Mead (12/20/10)
Kegged: Hairy Patersbier (1/28/12); Dick Beer (2/15/12); Get Yer Goat Maibock (2/22/12)
Bottled: Ye Olde Tyme Holiday Ale (9/26/10); Dick Beer (2/15/12); Candy's Dad's Homebrew (2/27/12)
Apfelweins: Crapfelwein (4/4/12); Apfelweinlager 34/70 (2/26/12)
Kit Wines: Fisher-Price My First Amarone (4/1/12); Rosso Magnifico (4/17/12)
On Deck: Albertus Magnus DIPA

Polifemo

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Noooooooooooo!

The Pol

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Guys, there is not need to sub... even if the hops are destroyed. Go to Hops Direct or something and grab a pound for like $17... then you are good to go. That is A LOT less than the LHBS will be charging regardless of the crops.