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[jammer]

Looks like InBev isnt getting all the Oregon grown hops now. Sweet!!https://www.kgw.com/...r.dc634dda.html

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

Looks like InBev isnt getting all the Oregon grown hops now. Sweet!!https://www.kgw.com/...r.dc634dda.html

maybe I missed it but why is InBev cutting back on hop purchases?

[stlinch]

maybe I missed it but why is InBev cutting back on hop purchases?

Maybe more people are drinking good beer!!

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

Maybe more people are drinking good beer!!

in the recession? nnnnooooooooo

[drewseslu]

ABIB has moved away from Willamette, I don't know what they've switched to, probably CTZ or some combination of high aa hops...but that's all I've got on this one at the moment...

[wengared]

or it could be their importing cheaper hops from south america, and other countries.

[3rd party JKor]

or it could be their importing cheaper hops from south america, and other countries.

or cutting back on hops in all their beers.

[DubbelEntendre]

or cutting back on hops in all their beers.

They don't want to follow in the footsteps of their Triple Hops Brewed competitor.

[ncbeerbrewer]

Nice article. Good to see that the "little guy" is getting catered to a bit especially in the lb of hop bales. Could the cutback of AB on Willamette have effected the $$ of the hops on Puterbaugh now that Will is like 10.50 a lb?

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

Nice article. Good to see that the "little guy" is getting catered to a bit especially in the lb of hop bales. Could the cutback of AB on Willamette have effected the $$ of the hops on Puterbaugh now that Will is like 10.50 a lb?

could be - glad I bought some

[Deerslyr]

or cutting back on hops in all their beers.

didn't know that was physically possible.

[denny]

maybe I missed it but why is InBev cutting back on hop purchases?

Probably because they're growing more of their own. IIRC, AB already has the largest acreage of barley in the US.

[shmgeggie]

or it could be their importing cheaper hops from south america, and other countries.

They grown their own in a third world country called "Idaho," near the town of Bonners Ferry (a stone's throw from the Canadian border).

[Stout_fan]

So all the survivalists and para-military groups up there are actually guarding AB grain stock?

[japh]

Hmm... 15 lbs bales, 'eh. A drive up to Mt Angel may be in order for a bulk purchase.