Hops! Mother Nature’s gift to the brewer!
What would beer be without them? (Really really sweet! LOL!)
Hops are one of the four basic ingredients in brewing our favorite beverage. The other three essential ones are water, malted barley and yeast. It truly is amazing what type of flavors can be created by using this flower to add bittering and aroma to beer.
The are a multitude of hop varieties that can be used on their own, or combined to give beer all kinds of flavors from piney to tropical fruits, and new varieties of hops are being discovered all over the world all the time.
Check out this infographic to help you with your brewing, or to see what kinds of hops may be in a beer that you purchased.
Explore the hop. Embrace the hop. And most of all, don’t worry, be hoppy!
Source: http://www.brewbeerblog.com/2013/09/23/hops-a-homebrewers-guide/
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