Comments on: What are hops? An introduction for the curious

By: Hop Variety Guide – Beeriety

Hop Variety Guide – Beeriety — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:56:54 +0000

[...] are a key ingredient in beer and as we’ve discussed before, provide much of the spice and flavor that defines many different styles of beer. In our previous [...]

By: Drinking To Your Health: Beer And The Body – Beeriety

Drinking To Your Health: Beer And The Body – Beeriety — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:50:37 +0000

[...] Hops, as we’ve learned before, are a flowering plant used to balance the flavor of beer and help keep unwanted bacteria from [...]

By: Reinheitsgebot: The 16th Century German Beer Purity Law – Beeriety

Reinheitsgebot: The 16th Century German Beer Purity Law – Beeriety — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:45:06 +0000

[...] beer is commonly defined as containing four main ingredients: Water, barley, yeast and hops, but there are plenty of exceptions to this definition. There are the folks at Dogfish Head [...]

By: A look at malt liquor – Beeriety

A look at malt liquor – Beeriety — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:23:20 +0000

[...] used in stead. Regardless of how it’s defined any malt liquor can be counted on to be very lightly hopped with a stale aroma of corn and rice and a somewhat sweet and viscous [...]

By: The Process of Dry Hopping – Beeriety

The Process of Dry Hopping – Beeriety — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:23:35 +0000

[...] we’ve explained what hops are and covered how they are used in the brewing process, but that’s not all hops have to offer. [...]

By: Style Profile: The India Pale Ale (IPA) – Beeriety

Style Profile: The India Pale Ale (IPA) – Beeriety — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:27:31 +0000

[...] in beer should try out, even if it’s not for everyone. The highlight of any IPA are the hops, the small, green plants which give beer much of its spice and flavor. Although the yeast, water [...]

By: How Beer is Made – Beeriety

How Beer is Made – Beeriety — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:17:20 +0000

[...] natural preservative, which is what they were first used for. (For more info on hops take a look at our article on the subject.) Once the hour long boil is up the wort is cooled, strained and filtered. [...]

By: Skunky Beer: How it happens and How to avoid letting it happen – Beeriety

Skunky Beer: How it happens and How to avoid letting it happen – Beeriety — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:20:39 +0000

[...] to your beer gets technical fast, but basically, the light causes alpha-acids (the key component of hops) to break down and combine with other chemicals in beer to create 3-methyl-2-butene-1-thiol, a [...]

By: Hops are supposed to be added three times. Shut up Miller Lite – Beeriety

Hops are supposed to be added three times. Shut up Miller Lite – Beeriety — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:19:41 +0000

[...] a followup to a recent post about hops I wanted to address the way this key ingredient in beer is sometimes portrayed by the [...]