There is a hop fueled boomlet in the world of Wet Hop beers and festivals, to the point where even the Great American Beer Festival has added it into judging consideration. Category # 20 to be precise.
But what if hops could be grown year round? I will skip over the technical bits (you can read about the details HERE) but maybe the future will include the use of LED grow lights which could lead to (with enough production) wet hop ales any month of the year. It could also lead to more breweries actually growing hops in regions that normally wouldn’t really sustain quality growth.
Something to think about as our industry moves forward.