Jim Koch replies to the LongShot Double IPA hop issue

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:

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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.

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beeradvocates
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Sounds like the brewer made a perfectly rational decision. If the hops were not available it would make no sense to experiment with substitutes and come up with a product that would at the very least be different and likely not meet expectations. Hopefully the hop supply situation will settle down and the original brew can be made at a future date.

I cannot imagine how anyone could criticize such a decision.

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John S.

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