A brewery in Philadelphia’s East Kensington neighborhood was outraged after they say a city crew cut down a legally grown hop crop grown annually for a seasonal beer.
The Philadelphia Brewing Company makes a beer called "Harvest From the Hood" every year. The brewery said the hops they grow in an adjacent 18-by-70-foot lot on Frankford Avenue are an essential ingredient in that beer.
The owner said a Community Life Improvement Programs (CLIP) crew that maintains vacant lots in the city destroyed…