It's not a hoppy time
By Karen Rouse
The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_7446274

At Stomp Them Grapes, the international shortage of beer hops has hit home.

In the Denver home-brewers supply store, signs taped to two freezers holding pouches of leaf and pellet hops — the flower used to give bitterness, flavor and aroma to beer — alert customers: “Due to hop shortage crisis, hops will only be sold in amounts needed to fill a recipe.”