Checking out this map of U.S. hops production from 1890, it appears that New York was once a pretty happening place for hops. These days, U.S. hops production is concentrated in the Northwest, and New York isn't seeing much of the action. (According to the Hop Growers of America, who publish thorough statistical reports on such things, about 77% of U.S. hops production in 2013 took place in Washington, with Oregon and Idaho...
