Topic: Hops

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New Hops to Brew With

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Hop breeders have been busy introducing brewers to new releases featuring aromas and flavors designed for specific beer styles. If you’ve blinked over the past couple of years, there’s a good chance you missed a few. Let’s look closer at some of the coolest new hop varieties.


The Effects of Aged Hops on Beer Quality

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Post-harvest processing and packaging of hops has changed dramatically over the years to significantly reduce the effects of oxygen and temperature on hop acid degradation during storage; however, it still takes many months to process a lot of the hops on the market. We do not fully understand the changes that these hops undergo, yet we do know that hop variety seems to play a role in how hops age and that storage conditions will affect how quickly hops change. Interestingly, data tells us that moderately aged hops can positively impact beer aroma.


Unlocking the Causes of Haze

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Researchers at Omega Yeast have recently discovered a number of factors that contribute to hazy beer. Whether you want a stable haze in New England IPAs or a crystal clear Kölsch, it will help to learn how yeast, dry hopping, and hop selection play a role in both.


Explaining Hop Utilization

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The term “boil efficiency” typically refers to “hop utilization” and relates hop alpha acids added to wort to iso-alpha acids in beer. I will use the standard term “hop utilization” in this


Why do some batches exhibit hop creep?

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Let me start this answer off with a brief review of hop creep. This term refers to dry hopped fermentations that slowly ferment to a lower final gravity than they would without


Hop Creep, Hop Utilization, and a Different Approach to Beer Judging

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Hop creep isn’t new, so why are we hearing so much more about it in recent years? Brewing scientists now believe it has to do with a push from brewers for hops to be kilned at lower temperatures to preserve aromatics. The Wizard also gets geeky about hop utilization and shares a different approach to beer competitions.


Can LED Light Skunk Beer?

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Before I jump into this great question, I want to confess that I am feeling a bit skunky for being a bit behind on this column because I have been traveling too


Hops: Beer Ingredient Workshop with Mitch Steele

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Join the Brewmaster of New Realm Brewing and author of the book IPA, Mitch Steele as he explores when and how to add hops to create awesome hop-forward beers. You’ll learn timing and


Hop Blends

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Finding the right combination of hops that play well together is a fun part of building beer recipes. For inspiration you can contact breweries that make the beers you like and ask


Understanding & Managing Hop Creep

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All those dry-hopped IPAs and Pilsners you brew also can come with a hidden challenge: hop creep.  Hop creep from dry hopping can result in a surprise second fermentation lowering gravity while


Maximizing Tropical Flavors & Aromas: Tips from the Pros

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There are many ways to get the most tropical aromas and flavors in your hazy IPAs and other styles. Three pros share their approach to boost tropical characteristics.


Mash Hopping

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Adding hops to your mash is an old technique that is getting renewed interest thanks to the fact this step can increase thiol precursors from the action of malt enzymes. Yeast then


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