Hop shortage re-emerges in a different form
So while the shortage of 2007 has long been reversed — and was followed by a glut of hops in the ensuing couple of years — craft brewers still find themselves scrounging for the aromatic varieties used in the beer styles favored by craft beer drinkers. […] Some brewers say they’re so wary of the hops market, they avoid relying on hops altogether. At St. Louis’ Perennial Artisan Ales, the beer lineup is in constant rotation, largely because brewmaster Phil Wymore remembers the 2007 crisis from his days at Chicago’s Goose Island Beer Company. "We do a lot of one-offs, so we’re not that dependent on a single hop," Wymore said. "I never want to put myself in that hop-dependent situation again."
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