Hoto: Centennial Hops Close-Up

Hoton yana ba da kusancin kusancin hop cones na Centennial, furannin korensu masu kyan gani sun fito fili a kan yanayin duhu mai laushi, sautunan ƙasa. Kowane mazugi yana kunshe da mazugi, sikeli-kamar bracts waɗanda ke ninkawa kusa da ainihin, ƙirƙirar nau'in nau'in nau'in pinecone, duk da haka tare da ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan takarda. A cikin waɗannan ɓangarorin akwai kyalkyali na lupulin na zinare, ƙananan ƙwararrun ƙwararru waɗanda suke kyalli kamar kurar ƙura da aka kama cikin hasken rana. Waɗannan filayen zinare, masu walƙiya da dabara a ƙarƙashin taushi, haske mai dumi, suna nuna babban yuwuwar ƙirƙira da ke kulle a ciki. Su ne tushen albarkatun mai na hop da alpha acid, mahadi waɗanda ke ba da ɗaci, dandano, da ƙamshi ga giya. Ganuwansu a cikin irin wannan dalla-dalla yana nuna duka kyau da mahimmancin wannan shuka a cikin duniyar noma.

Cones da kansu suna bayyana kusan da rai, launin korensu masu ɗorewa tun daga daji mai zurfi zuwa haske, inuwa mai launin ruwan hoda. Hasken walƙiya yana ƙarfafa waɗannan bambance-bambancen tonal, yana fitar da haske mai laushi a duk faɗin bracts yayin barin wuraren shakatawa a cikin inuwa mai laushi, ba da rancen hoton ma'ana mai girma uku da zurfi. Fuskar bangon bango, tare da shuɗewar launin ruwan kasa da ambers, yana haɓaka haɓakar mazugi da bambanci, yayin da kuma ke haifar da ɗumi na malt, itace, ko cikin gidan girki. Wannan haɗe-haɗe na gaba da baya yana haifar da gada mai azanci, yana ba da shawara ba kawai halaye na hops ba har ma da rawar da suke takawa a cikin kera ƙaƙƙarfan giya wanda ya daidaita ƙasa, hatsi, da kore a cikin hadadden gaba ɗaya.

Abin da ya sa hoton ya kasance mai tada hankali musamman shine shawarar kamshi da ɗanɗano shi. The Centennial hop, sau da yawa ake magana a kai a matsayin "super Cascade," ana yin bikin ne don daidaitaccen bayanin martaba amma bayyananne, kuma hoton yana da alama yana fassara waɗannan halaye marasa ma'ana zuwa sigar gani. Kusan mutum zai iya jin kamshin bayanan lemun tsami da bawo na lemu masu haɗewa tare da lallausan lallausan fure, waɗanda ke ƙarƙashin kashin baya na Pine. Ƙunƙarar zinari na lupulin da ke ƙyalli a cikin mazugi su ne masu ɗaukar waɗannan abubuwan jin shiru, suna gayyatar tunanin hasashen fashewar ƙamshi da ke fitowa lokacin da aka murƙushe ƙwarƙwarar a hankali tsakanin yatsunsu. Wannan alama na gani yana ɗaure mai kallo ba kawai ga shuka kanta ba amma ga dukan tafiyar shayarwa, daga filin zuwa fermenter zuwa gilashi.

Hakanan akwai ma'anar girmamawa a cikin yadda ake nuna hops. Ta hanyar mai da hankali sosai, hoton yana ɗaukaka abin da za a iya gani a matsayin samfurin noma kawai zuwa wani abu kusan jauhari-kamar a cikin ɓarna da ƙimarsa. Ana nuna kowane mazugi azaman ƙwararriyar dabi'a, wanda ilimin halitta da namo suka ƙera su don cika ƙayyadaddun rawar da ake so. Lupulin na zinare da ke haskakawa a ciki yana aiki azaman haske na zahiri da kuma alama, yana tunatar da mu cewa a cikin waɗannan ƙananan ƙananan sifofi suna da ikon siffanta dukkan nau'ikan giya, daga ƙwanƙwasa kodadde zuwa ga IPAs masu ƙarfi. Hoton, a cikin kusancinsa da jin daɗinsa, ya zama ƙasa da sauƙi na binciken ilimin halittu da ƙarin bikin fasahar kere kere.

cikin daki-daki na shiru, hoton yana ɗaukar ba wai kawai kyawun jiki na Centennial hops ba har ma da mahimmancin su. Hoton yuwuwa ne, na canji, da na al'ada. Cones sun rataye tare da mutunci mai natsuwa, daidaitawa tsakanin yanayi da sana'a, suna ɗauke da yuwuwar haɓaka ƙamshi, ɗanɗano, da gogewa waɗanda zasu bayyana fiye da wannan lokacin. An bar mai kallo tare da jin dadi, kamar dai waɗannan hops, har yanzu sabo ne kuma ba a kashe su ba, suna kan hanyar zama wani ɓangare na wani abu mafi girma: giya wanda ke ba da labarin su ta kowane nau'i.

Hoton yana da alaƙa da: Hops a Biya Brewing: Centennial