We created The Maine Hop Growers Association DB for the sake of running numbers on Maine Beer made with ME. Hops. For a number of reasons, we wanted this done :
1) The big story wasn't getting told very well, and the same questions kept coming up : How many Maine Farms were out there growing hops ? and where the hell are they ?
2) Food Transparency : Knowing where your food comes from. Did any local Maine Hops make it into beer ? From what farms, exactly ?
3) What kind of Beer is being made with Maine Hops ? and if you made a chart with pretty colors, would it look like this?
Anyway, these are really important questions which the database tries to answer. Sometimes, you may find that the answers are still not there - as this is still a work in progress. This beast is getting continually updated, so please check back every once in a while !
The DB is in an iframe below, which i think is a bit cramped. If you need a true and better link, then you can get to the DB here ( in a new window ) :
www.appsheet.com/start/65b3f4d3-10ca-4aa5-9863-c2b50d3e5c27#appName=MHOPGAWebsiteDatabase-284938-493162&page=dashboard&table=Hop+Variety+Data&view=Dashboard
Who We Want to Thank ! :
----UNDER Construction (!) ----
Jared McKenna Image Creation
Peter Frank Edwards Photographs
Feel Good Photography
Rachel Alexandrou
Sarah Wineberg - Cold Moon Seafarm
Maine Magazine
The Maine Farmland Trust
The Maine Hop Growers Association
The New England Hop Alliance
Woodside Hop House
The Hop Yard
Aroostook Hops
Blue OX Malthouse
The Maine Brewers Guild
Blank Canvas Brewery
Liberty Craft Brewery
Threshers Brewery
The Pour Farm
Oxbow Brewing Company
Goodfire Brewing Company
Boothbay Craft Brewery
Footbridge Brewing Company
Sebago Brewing Company
Black Pug Brewing Company
Allagash Brewing Company
More Soon - stay Tuned
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