Franconian Beer Message Board
Hop Harvest 2012 |
| Posted by Nick B. on 2012-08-19 03:47:41 |
| Small bit in the weekend paper about how the hop harvest is expected to be down 11% this year on last year's due to heat. Can't find that particular article online, but here's another one about the effects of this year's dry heat. < http://www.nordbayern.de/nuernberger-zeitung/nz-regionews/heisser-august-macht-den-landwirten-probleme-1.2286317?searched=true > And not related to this year's harvest, but an interesting (to me) article from a weekly paper about how Nürnberg used to be the center of the worldwide hop trade until the Nazis came to power -- the hop trade was dominated by Jewish family businesses. Also how sulfur dioxide gas produced by the 162 oast houses in town was a serious health problem for the inhabitants. < http://www.nordbayern.de/nuernberger-nachrichten/sonntagsblitz/die-hochburg-des-hopfens-1.2271326?searched=true > |