to answer the point about hops not being grown here, that's not true.
I went on a Fuller's tour a couple of months ago and they are proud to use only British hops in all their beers except for the one Organic ale they do - there are no organically certified British hops so they get them from the Czech republic. I suspect you could make a fair bit of money by becoming the first British organic hop supplier.
Fullers produce a huge amount of beer, and must be supporting a pretty healthy hop farming industry. They can't be the only brewer of proper beer (horrible pissy lager doesn't count) that uses British hops either. So there's no need to sink to drinking apples just yet.
to answer the point about hops not being grown here, that's not true.
I went on a Fuller's tour a couple of months ago and they are proud to use only British hops in all their beers except for the one Organic ale they do - there are no organically certified British hops so they get them from the Czech republic. I suspect you could make a fair bit of money by becoming the first British organic hop supplier.
Fullers produce a huge amount of beer, and must be supporting a pretty healthy hop farming industry. They can't be the only brewer of proper beer (horrible pissy lager doesn't count) that uses British hops either. So there's no need to sink to drinking apples just yet.