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Offline trax1

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Price of beer on the rise
« on: August 04, 2008, 03:17:07 PM »
Apparently the price of beer is on the rise as a result of the price of hops going up.  This will effect craft beer more then the larger beer companies like Anheuser-Busch.  You can read more about it here.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/49358-as-the-price-of-beer-rises-is-inflation-a-concern
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Re: Price of beer on the rise
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2008, 03:21:48 PM »
What isn't going up in price lately because of fuel, ethanol and everything else acting like a rocket.
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Re: Price of beer on the rise
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2008, 03:23:09 PM »
Quote from: Maverick on August 04, 2008, 03:21:48 PM
What isn't going up in price lately because of fuel, ethanol and everything else acting like a rocket.
Actually this isn't a result of the rise in fuel costs, this is a result of fewer crops of hops being grown, resulting in much higher prices per pound.
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Re: Price of beer on the rise
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2008, 03:33:09 PM »
Quote from: trax1 on August 04, 2008, 03:23:09 PM
Actually this isn't a result of the rise in fuel costs, this is a result of fewer crops of hops being grown, resulting in much higher prices per pound.
Are there fewer hops being grown because it's not the cash crop that corn is?  If farmrs are choosing to grow corn rather than hops because of the big ethenol push, then the price of oil and fuel IS directly related to the price of beer.
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Re: Price of beer on the rise
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2008, 03:37:03 PM »
I'll quit drinking microbrew when it hits $5/gallon!  :mad: :mad: :mad:






























Oh wait..... :cry
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Re: Price of beer on the rise
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2008, 03:51:46 PM »
Doesn't have anything to do with the bees now does it?
I am worried that i.e. price of seeds may go kaboom...
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Re: Price of beer on the rise
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2008, 04:21:10 PM »
Yes everything is on the rise (or the dollars fall)

More important than hops is Malt grain. More and more acres are put into production of ethanol because of price of fuel and our food and drink are suffering. Besides the fact that to seed and grow the grain is becoming more costly.

This year I know of 10's of thousands of acres that where planted to Durum because of the lack of product, land that typically was in malt grain production. Farmers are always behind the times (so to speak) planting a crop that was good $ last year.

Many years ago Fidel Castro said "We are now pulling food out of the poor mans mouth to put fuel in the rich mans tank" true no matter what you think of Castro :O
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Re: Price of beer on the rise
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2008, 04:38:26 PM »
Where I live, Beer is much more expensive than gasoline though :D
We're just beginning with Malt.
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Re: Price of beer on the rise
« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2008, 04:41:57 PM »
Grow certified organic hops and you'd make a killing.
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Re: Price of beer on the rise
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2008, 04:44:38 PM »
I think that hops wouldn't make it where I live, but I have grown organic barley, and it was relatively easy.
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Re: Price of beer on the rise
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2008, 04:45:53 PM »
Where is Von with his picture?  :confused:
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Re: Price of beer on the rise
« Reply #11 on: August 04, 2008, 04:49:20 PM »
Anheuser-Busch grows its own hops.
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Re: Price of beer on the rise
« Reply #12 on: August 04, 2008, 05:14:14 PM »
Quote from: REP0MAN on August 04, 2008, 04:49:20 PM
Anheuser-Busch grows its own hops.

This is what is happening to the smaller family farms, they are all being bought by large corporations. :confused:
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Re: Price of beer on the rise
« Reply #13 on: August 04, 2008, 05:33:42 PM »
Quote from: REP0MAN on August 04, 2008, 04:49:20 PM
Anheuser-Busch grows its own hops.

Sure, but with the amount of hops they put in their beer, 2 or 3 acres is probably all they need for their entire production.
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Re: Price of beer on the rise
« Reply #14 on: August 04, 2008, 05:42:30 PM »
Quote from: Maverick on August 04, 2008, 03:21:48 PM
What isn't going up in price lately because of fuel, ethanol and everything else acting like a rocket.

Ethanol is worthless.
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