Hop Crisis

A "perfect storm" has caused the price of hops to ski rocket. Many things factor into to making this happen: bad crop yields, increased consumption in other countries, and hop farms going away. It doesn't help that just a few years ago hop prices were so low that there wasn't incentive to keep growing them when growing corn to be used for ethanol production commanded a higher price. The beer that we know and love may go away or may become more expensive to drink.

the Homework
Grow some hops! Or enjoy a big hoppy beer at your local.

the Beer list
Repeal Rye from 21st Amendment 

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