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Hops (US & Germany)
Yakima, United States46.60°N 120.51°W
computed criticality10/100
reading
USA + Germany ~71% of world hop acreage and ~75% of crop volume
2023Fault line
The world's beer is flavoured by hops from two regions, the Yakima Valley and Bavaria's Hallertau. A geographic concentration that exposes global brewing to local droughts and frosts.
Actors
Yakima growers
Hallertau (Germany)
hop traders
Sources