4% of US Hops burn

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BigWally
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4% of US Hops burn

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Just saw on CNN.com that there was a huge fire at a hop warehouse

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/03/hops.f ... index.html
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Mike Grover
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Post by Mike Grover »

This will have a Cascade effect on the whole beer industry...
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Dragon Slayer
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Post by Dragon Slayer »

Bummer... At least, none of the hops that burned were for the homebrew market. And, what burned amounted to less than 1% of the total hops harvested in America this season.
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brewbuzzard
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Post by brewbuzzard »

Very witty Mike.
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