The beautiful marriage of hops and craft beer

BEAUTY of HOPS Before hops, gruit and locally sourced herbs were used to flavour beer. These included: BOG MYRTLE YARROW ALEHOOF BROOM DANDELION HEATHER JUNIPER ΝEΤTLES РОPPY PEPPER ROSEMARY WILD CARROT SEED 400 BC 736 AD 1079 AD The first recorded use of hops in beer production was in Babylon by captive Jews. In Europe, the first record of hop production comes from Hallertau, The use of hops in the brewing process began in Germany. present-day Germany. In Australia, it was a convict named James Squire who first grew hops for brewing. Squire (1754-1822), according to local history, also opened the first commercial brewery in Australia in 1798. The TOP 5 hop producers are: United States 參 發 參 27,782t Germany ..000000000000000000000 27,533t Ethiopia 00000000 10000000 21,600t 参 等 参 参 等 参 容 11,300t China Czech Republic 000 5,330t * Hop output in tonnes/year The eastern states of VICTORIA & TASMANIA are the top hop producers in Australia. Selective breeding of hop plants has produced more than 80 commercially used varieties. The rise of the craft beer industry has led to increased production in Australia where favourite varieties include: SUPER PRIDE OF WILLAMETTE VIC SECRET ТОРAZ SUMMER PRIDE RINGWOOD FEUX-COEUR HELGA GALAXY ENIGMA ELLA FRANCAIS Туpically 5m high kg/year ב0ר A YOUNG hop bine produces A MATURE 0plant produces up to 1 kg of hops/year about From 2 300 gr of hops/year the same family as CANNABIS 4 R FLORAL но OH ELLA WILLAMETTE Hop flavour comes HELGA from the essential oils ALPHA ACID & ВЕТА АСID supply the bitterness RESIN SPICE GALAXY VIC SECRET SUMMER OH TR. ТОРАZ SUPER PRIDE ENIGMA но FRUIT Keep DOGS and CATS away from hops as they are toxic to both SOURCES: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/oct/27/old-ale-beer-history http://www.deutscher-hopfen.de/contentserv/hopfenpflanzerverband.de/data/media/2099/HM-eng-komplett-05.pdf http://www.factfish.com/statistic/hops,%20production%20quantity http://www.hops.com.au/hop-flavour-spectrum http://www.bjcp.org/cep/HopVarieties.pdf http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/articles/article91.html (BEER CARTEL