Oku kwekwindla, iAlaska Air Cargo yazisa ihops yokuqala nenkulu entsha kwishishini eliseMaui naseAnchorage kwisithuba seeyure ezingama-24 zokuvuna – le yayiyi-hop-eration enkulu eyazisa ibhiya yexesha elithile ethandwayo ngaphaya kwePacific Northwest.
Yenziwe ngokukhiwa ngokutsha, iihops ezingomiswanga ezidla ngokuleqiswa ngokuthe ngqo ukusuka emasimini ukuya kwindawo ethengisa utywala, iAlaska iye phambili kunayo nayiphi na inqwelomoya yorhwebo yase-US ngaphambili ngokuzisa ngaphezulu kwe-1,200 leeponti zeehops ezintsha eMaui Brewing Co. eHawaii kunye ne-49th State Brewing. eAlaska.
“Olu lutshintsho olunokubakho kwishishini lebhiya yobuchwephesha kunye nentsebenziswano yasefama-kwiglasi ngokugqibeleleyo,” utshilo u-Adam Drouhard, umlawuli olawulayo we-Alaska Airlines, ephawula ukuba ilizwe laseWashington likhula phantse kwikota yesithathu yesityalo sase-US. . “Oku kubeka imveliso yezolimo yaseMntla-ntshona kwiindawo eziqhele ukuyifumana. Ngobungakanani kunye nobungakanani esinabo eSeattle, sikume ngokwenene ukuba singabanini le nto. "
Konke kwaqala ngoxabiso olunzulu lwebhiya entsha ye-hops kunye nokudibanisa amachaphaza ukuba i-Alaska Airlines inokuba sisitshixo sokwabelana ngayo nehlabathi.
UJake Spotts, umanejala wemicimbi yeposi kwiqela lempahla laseAlaska, uzamile iibhiya kwihlabathi jikelele ngexesha lakhe leminyaka engama-20 yoMkhosi woMoya – kodwa uthi akukho nto ingcono kunencasa yeehops ezintsha ngexesha lokuvuna. Ipakishwe ngencasa yeentyatyambo ekhethekileyo, iibhiya ezintsha ze-hop zihlala zenziwe ngexesha lokuvuna kwasekupheleni kwehlobo ngabavelisi abakufuphi neefama eWashington, Oregon nakwezinye iindawo ezikuMntla-ntshona. Amabala acinga ukuba ngenxa yamashumi eminyaka yethu yobuchwephesha ekuthumeleni iimveliso ezinokonakala njengesalmon yaseAlaska entsha, singafumana indlela yokuthumela iihops ezintsha kwiindawo zotywala ngaphandle koMntla-ntshona. Into ebingenziwanga yinqwelomoya yase-US kumyinge worhwebo – kude kube ngoku.
Indlela esenza ngayo iihops ezintsha zibhabha.
Abenzi botywala bezandla bayaphumelela ngokusebenzisana, kwaye xa kwafika ithuba lokuthumela umthamo omkhulu weehops ezintsha ngaphandle kwelizwe, i-Yakima-based Bale Breaker Brewing Company yasinceda ukuba sifumane ingcamango ngaphandle komdiliya. Abenzi botywala e-Bale Breaker, eMaui Brewing Co. kunye ne-49th State basebenze kunye kwiiresiphi zebhiya ukuqaqambisa incasa entsha yehops kunye nokulungelelaniswa kwezixhobo neqela le-Alaska Air Cargo kunye neYakima Chief Hops, umbutho ophethwe ngumlimi osasaza iihops ngaphezulu kwe. Iifama ezingama-50 kuMntla-ntshona.
“Ukwanda kokuthumela iihops ezintsha ngokwenene kube ngumceli mngeni wokoyisa kuba uneeyure ezingama-24 kuphela ukusuka ekuvuneni ngaphambi kokuba iihops ziqale ukuwohloka,” utshilo uBryan Pierce, iGosa eliyiNtloko leNtengiso kunye neNtengiso yeYakima Chief Hops.
Ukugcina iihops zintsha kulo lonke uhambo lwazo, isivuno sabekwa ixesha elifanelekileyo ukuze iihops ezisanda kuthathwa zifakwe kwingxowa eLoftus Ranches, enye yeefama zehop ezinde zeYakima kunye nesiza seBale Breaker Brewing.
Ukusuka apho, balayishwa kwiilori ezipholileyo baza basiwa kwiiofisi zeAlaska Air Cargo eSea-Tac International Airport kanye ngexesha elifanelekileyo ukuze balayishe kwinqwelo-moya. Ngaphezu kweekhilogram ezili-1,200 XNUMX zeehops zathunyelwa ngaphandle kokunqumama kubadidiyeli botywala.
Kwi-Maui kunye ne-Anchorage, abaphuhlisi babekulungele ukongeza i-hops entsha kwi-"thumba" - isigaba sokuqala kwibhiya - ngokukhawuleza ukuba bafike.
“Xa songeza iihops ezintsha, kwakunuka kamnandi!” utshilo uKim Brisson-Lutz, uSekela Mongameli weMisebenzi kaMaui Brewing Co. "Ukwenza ibhiya bubugcisa bokupheka, kwaye sonke simalunga nokwenza ezi zithako zikhanye ngokwenene."
"Ukusebenzisa i-Alaska Air Cargo, sinokuqinisekisa ukuba kukho ikhonkco lokubonelela yonke indlela ukusuka kwintsimi ukuya kwi-kettle," kusho uDavid McCarthy, umseki we-49th State Brewing. "I-Aficionados yebhiya ijonge ngokwenene le ncasa, kwaye sonwabile ukuba ngoku sinokwenza eyona bhiya intsha e-Anchorage nakwimarike yonke yaseAlaska."
Phakamisa iglasi yegolide engamanzi.
Kule nyanga, amalungu e-Alaska Lounge kunye neendwendwe ziya kuba nethuba lokuphunga kunye nokungcamla iibhiya ezintsha ze-hop ezivela kwiindawo ezintathu zotywala kule ntsebenziswano kwiiLounge zethu eSeattle, ePortland naseAnchorage kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya.
Zizame ngelixa unako: ezi ntlobo zotywala zizodwa ziya kufumaneka kuphela kwiindawo zethu zokuphumla de ziphele. Bobathathu oomatshini botywala bafumaneka apho sibhabhela khona.
