| Title | Growth Of Craft Beer Linked To Record Number Of US States Harvesting Hops | |
| Date | Tuesday December 24 2019, @05:47AM | |
| Author | Fnord666 | |
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| from the this-makes-me-hoppy dept. | ||
Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Tasting terroir, or a sense of place, isn't only reserved for wine lovers drinking a glass of burgundy or champagne from France.
It's evident, too, in the U.S. craft beer boom and the growing preference for local hops.
Hops, a key ingredient in making beer, is a crop making a comeback on farms across the country thanks to the incredible rise of the craft brewing industry over the past decade.
Craft breweries and their customers' thirst for new, locally grown flavors are playing a big role in fueling an unprecedented geographic expansion of hop production across the U.S., according to researchers at The University of Toledo and Penn State University.
Their findings, which were recently published in the Journal of Wine Economics, suggest that as more craft breweries emerge around the country, so may new opportunities for farmers.
More information: Elizabeth A. Dobis et al. The Role of Craft Breweries in Expanding (Local) Hop Production, Journal of Wine Economics (2019). DOI: 10.1017/jwe.2019.17
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