Beer Geek Posting Rule #1147519
It's always better to go to the source for more info or at least wait for them to issue something vs. over-reacting, posting in haste, and risk sounding like a complete fool, like some (not all) of you did here:
Summary: homebrewer brews a Double IPA, enters the Samuel Adams LongShot, wins (yeah!), there's a serious global hop shortage, no brew for now due to no hops (an unfortunate reality), misinformed beer geeks blindly attack.
I'll bite my tongue here [edited] and just say that some of you really need to grab a brew, get a clue, and get over it.
Anyway, here's the story on why the production and release of Mike McDole's tasty DIPA has been temporarily put on hold. It's more than reasonable, makes total sense, and Mike's brew is indeed a brew worth waiting for.