Kulekwindla, i-Alaska Air Cargo ilethe amahops okuqala namakhulu amasha embonini agijinyelwa ezitolo ezidayisa utshwala e-Maui nase-Anchorage phakathi namahora angu-24 okuvuna - lokhu bekuyi-hop-eration enkulu eyaletha ubhiya wesizini oyintandokazi ngale kwePacific Northwest.
Yenziwe ngamahops asanda kukhiwa, angomisiwe ajwayele ukuphuthunyiswa aqonde ngqo emasimini aye ezindaweni ezidayisa utshwala, i-Alaska yadlulela phambili kunanoma iyiphi inkampani yezindiza yezentengiselwano yase-U.S. ngaphambili ngokuletha ama-hops amasha angaphezu kuka-1,200 e-Maui Brewing Co. e-Hawaii kanye ne-49th State Brewing. e-Alaska.
"Lokhu kungase kushintshe imboni kabhiya wezandla nokusebenzisana kwepulazi nengilazi ngendlela engcono kakhulu," kusho u-Adam Drouhard, umqondisi ophethe izimpahla we-Alaska Airlines, ephawula ukuthi izwe laseWashington litshala cishe izingxenye ezintathu kwezine zezitshalo zase-U.S. . “Lokhu kubeka umkhiqizo wezolimo waseNyakatho Ntshonalanga ezindaweni okungajwayelekile ukuwuthola. Ngosayizi nobubanzi esinabo eSeattle, sisesimweni esihle sokuba ngabanikazi balokhu. ”
Konke kuqale ngokubonga okujulile kobhiya obusha be-hops nokuxhuma amachashazi i-Alaska Airlines engaba ukhiye wokwabelana ngawo nomhlaba.
U-Jake Spotts, umphathi wezindaba zeposi eqenjini lezimpahla zase-Alaska, uzame obhiya emhlabeni wonke phakathi neminyaka engu-20 yomsebenzi wakhe we-Air Force - kodwa uthi akukho lutho olungcono kunokunambitheka kwamahops amasha ngesikhathi sokuvuna. Egcwele ukunambitheka kwezimbali okuyingqayizivele, obhiya be-hop abasha ngokuvamile benziwa ngesikhathi sokuvuna kwasekupheleni kwehlobo ngabaphisi botshwala abaseduze namapulazi e-Washington, Oregon nezinye izindawo eNyakatho-ntshonalanga. Ama-Spotts acabange ukuthi ngenxa yamashumi eminyaka ethu ochwepheshe bokuthumela imikhiqizo ebolayo njenge-salmon yase-Alaska entsha, singathola indlela yokuthumela ama-hops amasha ezindaweni ezidayisa utshwala ngaphandle kwaseNyakatho-ntshonalanga. Okuthile okungazange kwenziwe inkampani yezindiza yase-U.S. ngezinga lezentengiso - kuze kube manje.
Sawenza kanjani amahops amasha andize.
Abaphisi botshwala bezandla bayachuma ngokubambisana, futhi lapho kufika ithuba lokuhambisa ivolumu enkulu yama-hops amasha ngaphandle kwesifunda, Inkampani yase-Yakima-based Bale Breaker Brewing Company yasisiza ukuthi sikhiphe umbono ngaphandle komvini. Abadidiyeli botshwala e-Bale Breaker, i-Maui Brewing Co. kanye ne-49th State basebenze ndawonye ekuphekeni kukabhiya ukuze bagqamise ukunambitheka okusha kwe-hops kanye nokuhlelwa kwezinto nethimba le-Alaska Air Cargo kanye ne-Yakima Chief Hops, inhlangano ephethwe umlimi esabalalisa ama-hops ngaphezu kwalokho. Amapulazi angama-50 ngaphesheya kweNyakatho-ntshonalanga.
“Ukukhula kokuthunyelwa kwama-hops amasha kube yinselele ngempela ukunqoba ngoba usalelwe cishe amahora angama-24 kuphela kusukela ekuvuneni ngaphambi kokuba amahops aqale ukuwohloka,” kusho uBryan Pierce, oyiChief Sales and Marketing Officer ye-Yakima Chief Hops.
Ukugcina amahops esemasha kulo lonke uhambo lwawo, isivuno sabekwa isikhathi esifanele ukuze amahops asanda kukhethwa akwazi ukupakishwa endaweni e-Loftus Ranches, elinye lamapulazi e-hop aphethwe wumndeni amade kakhulu e-Yakima kanye nesizinda se-Bale Breaker Brewing.
Ukusuka lapho, balayishwa emalolini ayisiqandisi bayiswa emahhovisi e-Alaska Air Cargo e-Sea-Tac International Airport ngesikhathi esifanele ukuze balayishe endizeni. Amakhilogremu angaphezu kuka-1,200 XNUMX ama-hop athunyelwa ngokungaphezi kubaphisi botshwala.
E-Maui nase-Anchorage, abaphisi botshwala base belungele ukwengeza ama-hops amasha "kubilisa" - isigaba sokuqala kubhiya - ngokushesha nje lapho befika.
“Ngesikhathi sengeza ama-hop amasha, kwanuka kamnandi!” kusho uKim Brisson-Lutz, iPhini Likamongameli Wezokusebenza kaMaui Brewing Co. "Ukwenza ubhiya kuwubuciko bokupheka, futhi sonke simayelana nokwenza lezi zithako zikhanye ngempela."
"Sisebenzisa i-Alaska Air Cargo, singaqinisekisa ukuthengwa kwempahla yonke indlela ukusuka ensimini kuya eketelani," kusho uDavid McCarthy, umsunguli we-49th State Brewing. "Ama-Aficionados kabhiya afuna ngempela lokhu kunambitheka, futhi siyajabula ukuthi manje singakwazi ukwenza ubhiya omusha e-Anchorage nakuyo yonke imakethe yase-Alaska."
Phakamisa ingilazi yegolide eliwuketshezi.
Kule nyanga, amalungu kanye nezihambeli zase-Alaska Lounge bazothola ithuba lokuphuza futhi banambithe obhiya be-hop abasha abavela ezindaweni ezintathu ezikhiqiza utshwala kulokhu kuhlanganyela emaLounge ethu e-Seattle, ePortland nase-Anchorage Airport.
Wazame ngenkathi ukwazi: lawa maphisi ahlukile azotholakala kumagumbi ethu okuphumula aze aphele. Zontathu izindawo zokuphisa utshwala zitholakala lapho sindizela khona.
