Hoto: Brewing tare da Melba Hops

Hoton yana ɗaukar lokaci maras lokaci a cikin fasahar ƙira, wanda ke jin duka tushen al'ada kuma yana raye tare da saurin azanci na yanzu. A tsakiyar abun da ke ciki na tsaye wani mai shayarwa, da niyya a kan sana'arsa, siffarsa ta haskaka da dumin haske da ke fitowa daga tulun jan karfe da ke kwance a kan murhu na dutse. Turi yana hawa sama cikin tausasawa, yana ɗauke da ƙamshi mai ƙamshi na tafasasshen gauraye tare da keɓantaccen bayanin fure da na 'ya'yan itace na sabbin saƙar Melba hops. Hankalin mai shayarwa yana bayyana a hanyar da yake ajiye ɗamararsa, a hankali ya kutsa korayen mazugi cikin ruwan roiling. Mafarkinsa da tufafin aiki masu sauƙi suna ba da shawarar ƙwararren mai sana'a wanda ya dogara da hankali da ƙwarewa kamar yadda ake aunawa, yana nuna ma'auni tsakanin kimiyya da fasaha wanda ko da yaushe ya bayyana babban sha'awa.

Da yake kewaye da shi, ɗakin shayarwa mai daɗi yana numfashi tare da tarihi. Ganga-gangan katako, wasu a jeri, wasu kuma suna hutawa a inuwa, suna nuni ga aikin haki da tsufa wanda zai biyo baya nan ba da jimawa ba. Siffofinsu masu zagaye da saman da aka zayyana suna ƙara zurfi zuwa wurin, suna bambanta da tasoshin tagulla masu ƙyalli da lallausan lallausan kayan girki. An watse a saman tebur ɗin da ke gaban hops, wasu sun taru a cikin wani kwanon katako, wasu kuma suna zubewa a hankali a kan rigar burla, koren furanninsu na kama hasken zinare. Filak mai siririn wuya da cokali mai dogon hannu ya sauka a nan kusa, shuru shuru masu shaida na tsafi da ke faruwa a dakin. Kowane abu yana jin manufa, wani ɓangare na labari inda babu wani abu mai ban mamaki kuma komai yana ba da gudummawa ga sana'a.

Bayanan baya yana ƙarfafa wannan ma'anar ci gaba da zurfi. Layukan tankuna na fermentation sun tsaya rabin-babu a cikin duhun haske, saman jikinsu na ƙarfe yana ɗaukar inuwa kuma suna ba da haske kawai a inda hasken ya taɓa su. Tare da ganga, suna tunatar da mai kallo game da tafiyar lokaci da ke tattare da aikin noma: yayin da kettle yana wakiltar gaggawa, zafi, da canji, tankuna da akwatuna suna wakiltar haƙuri, girma, da jinkirin bayyanar da dandano. Wannan nau'in tsari - tafasa, fermenting, tsufa - yana kama da shi a cikin abun da ke ciki da kansa, yana jagorantar ido daga gaba mai haske zuwa mafi ƙasƙanci na ɗakin.

Haske yana taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen daidaita yanayin. Hasken harshen wuta da ke ƙarƙashin tulun yana jefa sama, yana haskaka ma'anar mai ta'ammali da injina tare da nuna ma'auni na tururi da ke tashi daga tsummoki. Hasken yana da laushi, kusan mai fenti, yana zubewa a saman hatsin itace da saman jan karfe tare da wadatar da ke ji kamar tatsuniya kamar yadda ake gani. Inuwa suna taruwa a cikin sasanninta da tsakanin ganga, suna haifar da zurfin tunani da kusanci, kamar dai an baiwa mai kallo damar hangowa cikin keɓe, kusan sararin halitta mai tsarki. Haɗin kai na haske da inuwa yana jaddada ba kawai dumin jiki na ɗakin ba amma har ma da ɗumbin ɗabi'a na sana'a da aka yada ta cikin tsararraki.

Hops da kansu suna tsaye a matsayin alamun yiwuwar yiwuwar. An kama mazugi masu launin shuɗi, tare da ƙwanƙolin ƙyallen jikinsu da lupulin resinous, an kama su dalla-dalla dalla-dalla, wanda ya bambanta da duhu, sautunan berayen kewayen su. Kowane mazugi yana riƙe da alƙawarin canji, da ikon ba da ɗaci, ƙanshi, da hali ga giya. Shahararsu a cikin abun da ke ciki yana nuna rawar da suke takawa ba kawai a matsayin sinadarai ba amma a matsayin jarumai a cikin labarin girka. Zaɓin hops na Melba, tare da takamaiman bayanin kula na wurare masu zafi da na dutse, yana ƙara ƙima ga labarin, yana ba da shawarar cewa giyan da ake ƙera a nan ba kawai tushen al'ada bane amma yana raye tare da zamani, sabon ɗanɗano.

Gabaɗaya, abin da ke faruwa yana daɗaɗawa tare da fahimtar jituwa tsakanin da da yanzu, tsakanin yanayi da sana'a, tsakanin haƙuri da gaggawa. Waka ce ta gani game da shayarwa a matsayin aikin ibada, wanda ke buƙatar kulawa, girmamawa, da cikakken ilimin kayan aiki. Saitin da aka yi ƙasa da ƙasa, cikakkun bayanai masu taɓo, da haske na kettle tare suna haifar da yanayi mai gayyata da girmamawa, tunatar da mai kallo cewa giya, a mafi kyawunta, ya wuce abin sha - sakamakon zaɓin taka tsantsan marasa ƙima, ƙananan ƙananan ayyukan fasaha. A cikin wannan sararin samaniya, a ƙarƙashin haske mai duhu kuma a cikin kamfanoni masu shiru na ganga da tururi, masu tawali'u hop cones suna ɗaukaka zuwa wani abu mafi girma, tafiya zuwa giya ya zama alamar basirar ɗan adam da kuma neman dandano maras lokaci.

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