Watch local beer prices after fire

Will Cascadia beer prices rise after Tuesday’s major fire in a Yakima hop warehouse? Seattle-area brewers say probably not.

The Yakima Valley produces most of the hops in the U.S., which in turn produces a quarter of global supply. The fire burned about 4 percent of the U.S. stock.

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2 responses to “Watch local beer prices after fire”

  1. vincent Avatar
    vincent

    Spokane is a choke point in the US beer production chain? Who knew!

  2. meacham Avatar
    meacham

    How would you propose to test that theory?