Hop-forward beers are packed with pleasant bitterness, and hops are the ingredient that makes beer bitter -- but there's a difference between a beer tasting "hoppy" and it tasting bitter.
Hops, the flower of the hop plant, are the crucial fourth ingredient in the beer brewing process - alongside water, yeast and malt. They are added before the boiling process to add bitterness ...
"We are just going to be importing beer and we won't have the culture that goes with it anymore." Hop yields have plummeted because of hotter, drier summers Warmer, drier conditions have also ...