I kēia hāʻule, ua hāʻawi aku ʻo Alaska Air Cargo i ka holo mua a me ka nui loa o ka ʻoihana i nā hale kūʻai waina ma Maui a me Anchorage i loko o 24 mau hola o ka ʻohi ʻana - he hop-eration logistical nui kēia i lawe mai i ka pia punahele punahele ma waho o ka Pākīpika Northwest.
Hana ʻia me ka ʻohi hou ʻia a maloʻo ʻole e holo pololei ʻia mai nā kula a hiki i nā hale hana wai, ua ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o Alaska ma mua o nā mokulele kalepa ʻAmelika ma mua ma ka hāʻawi ʻana aku i nā paona hou he 1,200 i Maui Brewing Co. ma Hawaii a me 49th State Brewing. ma Alaska.
"He mea hoʻololi pāʻani paha kēia no ka ʻoihana pia a me ka hui ʻana o ka mahiʻai-a-aniani i kona maikaʻi loa," wahi a Adam Drouhard, ka luna hoʻokele ukana no Alaska Airlines, me ka ʻike ʻana e ulu ana ka mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona ma kahi o ʻekolu hapaha o ka hua hop US. . "Hoʻokomo kēia i kahi huahana mahiʻai Northwest i nā wahi i loaʻa ʻole maʻamau. Me ka nui a me ka laulā i loaʻa iā mākou ma Seattle, ua kū maoli mākou i kēia. "
Ua hoʻomaka ʻia me ka mahalo nui i ka pia hops hou a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā kiko e hiki ai iā Alaska Airlines ke kī nui e kaʻana like me ka honua.
Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Jake Spotts, ka luna leka uila ma ka hui ukana ʻo Alaska, i nā pia a puni ka honua i kāna ʻoihana Air Force 20 makahiki - akā ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻohe mea maikaʻi aʻe ma mua o ka ʻono o nā hops hou i ka wā o ka ʻohi. Hoʻopiha ʻia me ka ʻono pua ʻokoʻa, hana mau ʻia nā pia hop hou i ka wā o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o ke kauwela e nā hale kūʻai kūʻai ma kahi kokoke i nā mahiʻai ma Wakinekona, Oregon a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma ke komohana ʻĀkau. Ua manaʻo ʻo Spotts ma muli o ko mākou ʻike loea i ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā huahana palaho e like me ka salmon Alaska hou, hiki iā mākou ke ʻimi i ke ala e hoʻouna aku ai i nā hops hou i nā hale kūʻai ma waho o ke komohana ʻĀkau. ʻO kahi mea i hana ʻole ʻia e kahi mokulele US ma kahi pāʻoihana - a hiki i kēia manawa.
Pehea mākou i hana ai i ka lele hou.
Hoʻonui ka poʻe hana hana hana ma ka hui like ʻana, a i ka wā i loaʻa ai ka manawa kūpono e hoʻouna i ka nui o nā hops hou ma waho o ka mokuʻāina, ua kōkua ʻo Bale Breaker Brewing Company i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Yakima e lawe i ka manaʻo mai ke kumu waina. Ua hana pū nā mea inu ma Bale Breaker, Maui Brewing Co. a me 49th State i ka ʻai pia no ka hōʻike ʻana i ka ʻono hou o ka hops a me ka logistics i hui pū ʻia me ka hui ʻo Alaska Air Cargo a me Yakima Chief Hops, kahi hui mea kanu e hāʻawi ana i nā hops no nā mea ʻoi aku. 50 mau mahiʻai ma ke komohana ʻĀkau.
"ʻO ka scalability o ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā hops hou ʻo ia ka paʻakikī e lanakila ai no ka mea he 24 wale nō mau hola mai ka ʻohi ʻana ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hops e hoʻohaʻahaʻa," wahi a Bryan Pierce, Luna Kūʻai a me ka Luna Hoʻolaha no Yakima Chief Hops.
No ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hou o ka hop i ko lākou huakaʻi hele, ua hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia ka ʻohi ʻana i hiki ke ʻeke ʻia nā hop i koho ʻia ma ka pae ma Loftus Ranches, kekahi o nā mahiʻai hop ʻohana lōʻihi loa o Yakima a me ke kahua o Bale Breaker Brewing.
Mai laila mai, ua hoʻouka ʻia lākou i loko o nā kaʻa pahu hau a hoʻokele ʻia i nā keʻena ʻo Alaska Air Cargo ma Sea-Tac International Airport i ka manawa kūpono e hoʻouka ai i ka mokulele. ʻOi aku ma mua o 1,200 paona o nā hops i hoʻouna ʻia me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻole ʻia i ka poʻe hana inu.
Ma Maui a me Anchorage, ua mākaukau ka poʻe hana hana e hoʻohui i nā hops hou i ka "hoʻolapalapa" - ka pae mua o ka pia - i ko lākou hiki ʻana mai.
"I ko mākou hoʻohui ʻana i nā hops hou, ʻala maikaʻi!" wahi a Kim Brisson-Lutz, ka Hope Peresidena o Maui Brewing Co. "ʻO ka hana ʻana i ka pia he mea ʻai meaʻai, a ke manaʻo nei mākou e hana pono i kēia mau meaʻai."
"Ke hoʻohana nei iā Alaska Air Cargo, hiki iā mākou ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ke kaulahao lako mai ke kula a hiki i ka ipuhao," wahi a David McCarthy, ka mea hoʻokumu o 49th State Brewing. "Ke ʻimi nei ka poʻe makemake i ka pia i kēia ʻono, a hauʻoli mākou hiki iā mākou ke hana i ka pia hou loa ma Anchorage a me ka mākeke Alaska holoʻokoʻa."
E hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ke aniani gula wai.
I kēia mahina, e loaʻa i nā lālā o Alaska Lounge a me nā malihini ka manawa e inu a ʻono i nā pia hop hou mai nā hale kūʻai ʻekolu i kēia hui pū ʻana ma kā mākou Lounges ma Seattle, Portland a me Anchorage airports.
E ho'āʻo iā lākou i ka wā hiki iā ʻoe: e loaʻa wale kēia mau brews kūʻokoʻa i loko o kā mākou lumi hoʻomaha a pau lākou. Aia nā hale ʻaina ʻekolu i kahi a mākou e lele ai.
