Any News On Hop Shortage?

[hardrain]

I was interested in what's become of the hop shortage. I don't seem to hear any banter about it at the homebrew shop and haven't seen it mentioned on here in a while (while admittedly not reading every thread on here).

It does seem like demand is probably increasing, with more and more brewpubs opening up. I did a google new search on 'hop shortage' and got just one result, from NZ.

I remember hearing during the initial scare that it was going to take years to recover, anyone have any industry news/data on this or even seen circumstantial events locally?

 

[Retrofit]

I thought that was 08 issue. Shrugs.

 

[dunnright00]

I thought it was a barley shortage this time.

 

[GVH_Dan]

http://rogue.com/rogue-wire-service/blog/2011/01/14/not-again-a-new-hop-shortage-in-2011/

Here's a link to news on this year's shortage...I hope. I haven't tried a link from the HBT app, yet.

 

[Retrofit]

Apart of realizes this is a semi big deal. On the other hand I've got 14 plants in my back yard and I'm putting 4 plants on my mothers property. I can't remember the last time I bought hops. Lol. I guess I'm officially a nano grower.

 

[daniels]

I talked to my local home brew shop and he has had things on back order for a very long time some hops and mis brew items. he opened his shop about 3 years ago in a a gramma and granpa town and is booming like hell there. i think we are gonna have shortages at the smaller shops as the bigger shops can use there weight to get there invetory. my thought is people in this country get a tast of a killer beer there friend brewed in there basement is causing a problem with everyone not wanting to drink horse piss. so between the micro brewers and homebrewer shops. grow your own hops out back.i apolagize im piss drunk on home brew so im part of the problem i guess

 

[GVH_Dan]

i apolagize im piss drunk on home brew so im part of the problem i guess

no need to apologize. If everyone apologized for drunk'n posting, half the forum would be "I'm sorry's."

 

[dantheman13]

It seems that Simcoe and Amarillo are in short supply again. I went to my local HBS, and they simply can't get Simcoe. I have to order it online from one of the big boys.

 

[day_trippr]

Honestly didn't realize we were in yet another short-hop-supply cycle. I had my 2012 hop orders in by early September and they've all been delivered (Citra, Amarillo, Cascade, Chinook, Simcoe, all in type 90 pellets). Between that and my home grown Cascade, Centennial and Chinook leaf I'm probably all set.

fwiw, I just trawled around via Google for awhile and all of those are still available if you dig through the hits deep enough, though some outfits are limiting the per-purchase amounts...

Cheers!

 

[2BeerSpeer]

It seems that Simcoe and Amarillo are in short supply again. I went to my local HBS, and they simply can't get Simcoe. I have to order it online from one of the big boys.

where are you finding simcoe?

 

[dantheman13]

where are you finding simcoe?

Northern Brewer. I found whole leaf only at Austin Homebrew Supply.

 

[RumRiverBrewer]

Sure glad my 2nd year bines came thru with 77 ozs

 

[2BeerSpeer]

Thanks

 

[2BeerSpeer]

Sure glad my 2nd year bines came thru with 77 ozs

You have simcoe plants?

 

[RumRiverBrewer]

My Nugget and Galena bines provided 18 oz each. Wish I had simcoe, but with these northern climes, the options are a bit limited...

 

[Randar]

Issue I have seen in shopping around (just ordered $300 of pellet hops) is that specific new, high demand varieties like Simcoe, Citra, Amarillo, etc that are patented/licensed varieties are in short supply this year and even some of the old regular/reliables like Centennial are more expensive than normal, even by the pound. Additionally, some of the new interesting varieties aren't easing into the market like they used to. Galaxy is mostly sold out, for example.

 

[day_trippr]

You have simcoe plants?

Ahahahaha! Only if he jumped a fence

Cheers!

 

[Steelers77]

Simcoe, Amarillo, Citra, Ahtanhum, Centennial, Chinook, and Sorachi Ace will all be tight this year.
Centennial was suppose to be ok but baby plants did not produce what was expected. Amarillo is owned by one farmer, Amarillo, Sorachi and Simcoe are patented. Ahtanhum was bought up by Sam Adams. Oh yeah Crystal may be hard to come by as well somene bought all of those up as well.

 

[Steelers77]

Also, most of the 2011 pellets have not been released yet so there will be a glut of hops here in the near future. Then you can expect them to tail off as the year progresses. We will be fully stocked with 2011 bye Jan!

 

[2BeerSpeer]

Also, most of the 2011 pellets have not been released yet so there will be a glut of hops here in the near future. Then you can expect them to tail off as the year progresses. We will be fully stocked with 2011 bye Jan!

will you guy presale any pellet simcoe?