A Tear in Your Beer: 4% of US Hops Crop Torched

Here’s a story that’s going to have beer-swilling fly fishers wiping the tears from their eyes. A fire destroyed more than 4% of they USA’s crop of hops – those odd looking buds that add flavor to beer (it’s what’s for breakfast).

Expect the price of your already-stratospheric microbrew to go a little higher…