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Hops shortage spurs B.C. microbreweries to reinvent = flagship=20 beers

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 | 6:48 = PM ET

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A worldwide shortage of hops is forcing some microbreweries in = British=20 Columbia to rewrite their recipes for trademark beers, with hopes of = matching=20 popular flavours.

Patt Dyck of the Cannery Brewing Company, in Penticton, said her = brewmasters=20 are reformulating one of their most popular beers with a different kind = of hops=20 =E2=80=94 used to give beer its aroma and flavour.

Microbr= eweries=20 are struggling to secure a supply of hops as supplies dwindle around = the=20 globe.
(CBC)

"They're not the same hops, so the challenge for us will be using = very=20 different hops to make the beers that we have been making until now = =E2=80=A6 and in=20 some ways, we're looking forward to that challenge," she said.

Dyck said the company is aiming to match the flavours as closely as=20 possible.

"The biggest scare is always your flagship beer =E2=80=94 for us = that's the Naramata=20 Nut Brown Ale =E2=80=94 it's got an incredibly stubbornly loyal = following and we would=20 like to keep it as close to what it has been as we possibly can."

Drought in Australia coupled with floods and hailstorms in Europe = have=20 diminshed the supply of hops. In the U.S., meanwhile, a decade of=20 oversupply coupled with low prices, has spurred many growers to = abandon the=20 crop. Between 1995 and 2006, U.S. hops production fell 30 per cent.

Ray Huson of the Barley Mill Brew Pub in Penticton says he's = concerned about=20 the shortage.

"It's a bit of a scary thought, you're hoping your customers will = understand=20 by hearing there's a hops shortage," Huson said.

"The alternative is maybe you can't make beer and then they won't be = able to=20 have a beer in their favourite establishment."

The price of hops has also jumped dramatically and will likely force = small=20 operations to raise their prices, the microbreweries said.

"Last year we paid just under $4 a pound, this year over $15," = Huson=20 said.

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