Hoto: Centennial Hops a Ales

Hoton yana ɗaukar yanayin da ke da sauƙi mai sauƙi kuma mai wadataccen alama, yana haɗa ainihin abin da ake so a gaba da kuma ƙwarewar jin daɗin giya. Gilashin pint guda biyu, cike da kusan baki, suna tsaye gefe da gefe akan wani katako mai gogewa, launin zinarensu na haskakawa cikin hasken rana na fitowa daga gefe. Kowane gilashin giyar an ɗora shi tare da kumfa mai laushi, mai laushi da gayyata, yana nuna alamar daɗaɗɗen zuba. Amma duk da haka abin da ke ɗaukar hankali da gaske shine koren hop cones da aka rataye a cikin ruwa, sifofin su na conical an kiyaye su cikin cikakken haske. Waɗannan cones na hop, musamman na nau'in Centennial, suna iyo kamar an lulluɓe su a cikin amber, suna wakiltar ba kawai wani sinadari ba amma ainihin ran giyar kanta. Kasancewarsu yana canza hoton daga hoto mai sauƙi na abin sha zuwa bayani game da sana'a, hali, da kuma girmamawar da masu shayarwa da masu sha'awar giya suke riƙe da hops.

Tsabtace zinare na giya ya bambanta da kyau tare da haske mai haske na hop cones, haɗin haɗin gwiwa wanda ke haifar da danyen kayan da aka gama a cikin firam ɗaya. Ana haɓaka hulɗar launi ta hanyar hasken rana mai laushi, wanda ke gudana a cikin wani kusurwa, yana wanke gilashin a cikin haske mai dumi wanda ke jaddada sautin yanayi na duka ruwa da tebur na katako a ƙasa. Ƙwararren baya yana haifar da ma'anar kusanci da mayar da hankali, zana ido kai tsaye zuwa pints da hops a ciki. Sakamakon gaba ɗaya shine ɗayan biki na shiru, kamar dai ana gayyatar mai kallo zuwa cikin lokacin tunani, ba kawai giya a matsayin abin sha ba, amma na giya azaman bayyanar yanayi da haɗin gwiwa.

Kasancewar hop cones da kansu suna magana da yawa. Centennial hops, sau da yawa ana kiranta da "super Cascade," ƙaunatattun su ne don daidaitaccen bayanin martabarsu amma bayyananne, masu iya ba da gudummawar citrus mai haske, fure-fure, da resinous, zurfin-kamar Pine. Ta hanyar sanya su a gani a cikin gilashin, hoton yana gadar ratar azanci tsakanin danyen kayan masarufi da gamawar ale, yana gayyatar tunanin don bincika dandano da ƙamshin da ke gaba. Kusan mutum zai iya jin fashewar innabi, lemon zest, da zaƙi na fure da ke tashi daga kumfa, sai kuma ɗaci mai ƙarfi amma daidaitaccen ɗaci wanda ke daɗe a baki. Cones da ke iyo a cikin ruwan zinare suna tunatar da mai kallo cewa waɗannan ƙananan, koren gungu sune tushen asalin giyar, suna tsara ba kawai dandano ba har ma da tsammanin al'adu a cikin salo kamar Pale Ales da Indiya Pale Ales.

Ƙarƙashin katako a ƙarƙashin gilashin yana ƙara wani ma'anar ma'ana, yana ƙaddamar da hoton a cikin yanayi mai banƙyama, na fasaha. Yana nuna rashin lokaci na noma, al'adar da ta dawwama shekaru aru-aru duk da haka tana jin sabo da ci gaba. Kayan halitta - itace, gilashi, hops, da giya - sun daidaita don ƙirƙirar abun da ke cikin kwayoyin halitta, na gaske, da kuma biki. Tace hasken rana yana nuna da sanyin rana, wataƙila a cikin ɗaki mai daɗi ko ɗakin dafa abinci, yana haifar da jin daɗin raba pint tare da aboki ko tsayawa kawai don jin daɗin sana'ar kaɗaici.

Wannan hoton ba kawai wakilcin gani ba ne na giya amma har ma da tunani kan tsarin shayarwa da sakamakonsa. Yana girmama hop na Centennial, yana nuna rawar da yake takawa wajen tsara sana'a na zamani da kuma nuna yadda haske, yanayin halayensa ke ci gaba da ma'ana da kuma zaburar da wasu daga cikin mafi kyawun salon giya. Ta hanyar haɗa ɗanyen nau'in hop tare da ƙãre ale, hoton yana ɗaukar tafiya na canji - daga mazugi zuwa gilashi, daga filin zuwa dandano. Abin tunatarwa ne cewa giya ba abin sha ne kawai ba, amma alchemy na noma, fasaha, da lokaci, wanda ake yi a nan a cikin fintinkau biyu masu haske waɗanda ke jiran a ɗanɗana.

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