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Hops
The star of the craft beer world’s favorite style. Hops offer bitterness to balance out the sweet flavor from malt while contributing flavors and aromas of citrus, tropical fruit, pine, earth, and much more. And new varieties are hitting the market every year.
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Mr. Wizard
Hop Shelf Life
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Let’s Talk Hop Shop
Learn some of the basic terminology and jargon that surround hops and hopping.
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Evolution of Late Hopping
The way in which craft brewers and homebrewers are utilizing their hop additions has changed dramatically over the last couple of decades. F
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Hop Extracts – Advanced Brewing
These hop extracts roughly fall into two categories, those primarily intended to add bitterness and those where aromatics are the goal.
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Hop Oast
The best way to dry freshly picked hops to preserve all of their wonderful flavor-boosting oils, acids, and compounds is with a hop oast. He
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Dry Hopping: Adding Bright Hop Character
Dry hopping beer is an age-old technique that is enjoying a great deal of attention in the current era where hop flavor and aroma can make o
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Save Your Hops for Post-Boil
Outside of bittering additions, adding hops during the boil is inefficient as many of the essential oils and positive attributes being sough
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IBUs: Modern Beers with Old Formulas – Advanced Brewing
While these approximations are reliable enough for classic hopping techniques and amounts, hopping has evolved to be more varied and aggress
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Calculating IBUs
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Buying & Storing Hops
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Beginner Bittering Basics
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Selecting Hops