What is Hops?

What is hopes?­­__Hops are cone-shaped flowers and it works as a flavoring agent for beer. There are dozens of varieties, each with a different flavor and character.

                        

Biology of Hops-

Hops come from the Humulus lupulus plant. As per biology, Only the female hop plant contains a significant number of the lupulin glands. The soft resins of the lupulin gland contain alpha and beta acids. Most of the bitterness comes from the alpha acid. Beta acids are not as soluble as alpha acids and contribute very little bitterness to beer, even when boiled.

USES OF HOPS IN BEER-

  If you know about beer and if you know how it brewed, that means you must know about hops…

During the part of the brewing process brewer uses unhopped malt extract, the boiling process of hops happens after you’ve dissolved the extract in water. At this point the liquid is called “wort” and it’s boiled for 1 hour. Once you bring the wort up to a vigorous boil, a typical all-grain or extract recipe will call for hop additions at different times. There is a schedule of when to add the hops. A hop schedule always lists the length of time that the hops should be in the boil, not the amount of time you should wait to add the hops. The reason hop schedules are written like this is because the amount of time that hops are boiled changes their flavor. 

Without beer there are some several uses of hops, they are like...

1.   When hops are less than 15cm long, can be used for salads or as a garnish for Europian food. Hops flower can use as a privent of savoury biscuits, but just to give a touch because hops are very bitter.

2.   Small quantities of hops can be used as an ingredient in herbal teas to aid relaxation.

    SOME BENEFITS-

Hop is a good source of antioxidant. Which is give the skin a youthful glow.

We heard about the using of beer to wash hair. It's good because it contents hops. Beer gives a natural shine and its take apart to reduce dandruff. And as I told hops is a good source of antioxidant, which is helping to reduce hair fall.

Even its improve digest system.

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