Hop to it: Plant what you need to brew beer. DEAN FOSDICK. ... hops (reduces spoilage and balances the sugar's sweetness with a bitter flavor), brewer's yeast and water ...

If you love the bitter, citrusy or floral notes of an India Pale Ale, you can thank hops for that: The cone-like flowers provide a bitter kick and balance the malty, sweet characteristics in any beer.

Humulone, a key alpha acid in hop flowers—the precursor chemicals that become isomerized during brewing to give beer bitter flavors—can blend into several chemical relatives.

There are no beers crafted without hops, so even if a bitter flavor isn't discernible in a particular brew, those flavored ...

Heather handles the brewing, and Sam oversees the farming. His parents, Sam and Nancy, also came on board at Hop Culture as co-owners. “We’re both career-motivated, and I think they knew we ...

Hop to it: Plant what you need to brew beer You don’t need a garden to succeed as a home brewer, but growing your own ingredients is a flavorful step up.

For even “greener” beer, recycle the brewing ingredients and their byproducts, Kneen says. “You can compost them, feed them to pigs and sheep, put some into your chicken feed,” she says ...

Hop to it: Plant what you need to brew beer. Dean Fosdick THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. You don't need a garden to succeed as a home brewer, but growing your own ingredients is a flavorful step up.