Ingredients cont'd- Hops- Hops are a prolific, long-lived, climbing perennial herb whose flowers grow into cone-shaped structures. These cones are composed of bracts and bracteoles-leaflike structures attached to a central axis or stem. These leaves carry the lupulin glands that provide araoma, flavor, and astringent bitterness that balances the sweetness of the malt. The bitterness of hops is primarily from the alpha acids contained in the resins of the lupulin gland located ...
Ingredients- Beer is made up of four ingredients. The four ingredients are; malt, hops, water, and yeast. The Bavarian Beer Purity Law of 1516, "Reinheitsgebot", decreed that only barley, hops, and water may be used in the production of beer. It was not until 1841, when Mitcherlich discovered the role of yeast in fermentation, that yeast was included in the four main ingredients. Other ingredients that can be used in the production of beer are; wheat, rye, corn, rice, cane-beet-corn ...
Updated 11-20-2007 at 08:58 PM by Fezz
It seems that nobody has read my comments on this blog about what I'd like to write about. So, I'll write about one of my favorite things besides myself....BEER! I will be taken information from several sources including; Homebrewing, vol 1-Al Korzonas, The Brew-Master's Bible-Stephen Snyder, Craft Beer Style Guide-Sam Adams. So...let the education begin! History- Beer has been around since the beginning of time. There are some anthropologists that ...
Updated 11-18-2007 at 10:03 AM by Fezz
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