Brewmaster's Notes: Hop Riot IPA

Release Date: February 2011

22oz Bottles &

15.5 Gal and 5.16 Gal Draft

7.3% ABV

50 IBU's

Yes Folks, there really was a Hop Riot!!!!

Wheatland Hop Riot of 1913

California Landmark 1003

Intersection of South A Street and 6th Street Wheatland, California 1913

The Wheatland Hop Riot was one of the most important and well-known events in

California labor history. A bloody clash occurred at the Durst Ranch on August 3, 1913,

as growing tensions brought about by the difficult conditions farm laborers

at the ranch endured came to a violent head. The riot resulted in four deaths

and many injuries. It focused public opinion for the first time on the plight

of California's agricultural laborers, and resulted in new state legislation

to regulate labor camp conditions. A new State Commission on Immigration and

Housing was createdto help improve working conditions. Beyond that, the Wheatland

Hop Riot was the first major farm labor confrontation in California and the harbinger

of decades of attempts to organize or control agricultural labor.

Citation from California Office of Historic Preservation