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<font size=3>I've heard of three reasons for the hops shortage<br><br>
> bad weather in Europe, poor crop<br>
> hops warehouse in Oregon (?) burned down, taking out a large part of
a year's crop<br>
> farmers changing from hops to more profitable crops. This seems to
me to be the least important, since hops should be pretty profitable per
acre, and things such as corn and beans aren't.<br><br>
Importing agricultural products could be a huge PITA. Huge. Might not be
possible without tons of paperwork.<br><br>
I've been to Bavaria. Just explore. You'll find a world of small label
brews that you'll never see anywhere else, and most of them will be
excellent. And some great local food. And people who are so
*n*l-retentive that it goes way off of the scale that Americans are used
to.<br><br>
Tom<br><br>
At 06:08 PM 12/13/2007, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Are these variants available
near their source? I'll be in Munich at some breweries (purely for
food and beer) in mid January. If there are hops there that someone
needs that are no longer available here (and I am able to bring them
back) maybe I could be of use. On a related note, has anybody in
the list been to Bavaria? Anything I should not miss (beer related
or other)?<br><br>
Joe</font></blockquote></body>
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