( October 4, 2006 )
Yakima fire ruined about 4% of U.S. supply of hops
A fire at a Yakima hop warehouse probably won’t raise the price of locally produced beer or jeopardize its production, a trade group and some Seattle-area brewers said Tuesday.The fire, which began midday Monday in a 40,000- square-foot warehouse in Yakima owned by S.S. Steiner Inc., ruined about 4 percent of the nation’s supply of hops, a crop used as flavoring in the brewing of beer and ale.
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