When you combine the needs of all the start up breweries, combine with shitful seasonal weather conditions and home brewers still sitting on bottom rung, supply and demand is a spiteful biatch..
Farms literally can't get established fast enough to keep up with global demand currently..
Keep in mind also, we are at the START of the Northern hemisphere harvest supply, with Australian supply down as well, it's shaping up to be a terrible year for supply.