Indie Hops

A new Hop Factory in Hubbard, OR called Indie Hops is designed specifically for the Craft Beer industry.  Read the excellent entire article here from OregonLive.com.

It is interesting that they say they can produce hop pellets closer to the aromatic power of whole hops by using a lower temperature:

“The plant has already proved that it can make hop pellets at 110 degrees and less — 20 or 30 degrees cooler than current methods. The lower temperatures better preserve the delicate hop oils and aromas that craft brewers prize.”

“We want to change the form of the hops, not the characteristics,” Solberg said. “We took some pellets down to Stone Brewing recently (the San Diego craft brewer famous for Arrogant Bastard and other hoppy beers) and the brewers were comparing our pellets to a competitor’s … and, without any prompting, they said, ‘These are so much more like whole hops.’ ”

I’m wondering if these highly aromatic hops will trickle down into the home brewing spectrum.  Please?  Pretty Please?