Hoto: Topaz Hops da Brew Kettle

cikin wannan tsari na rayuwa mai cike da rudani, ana gayyatar mai kallo zuwa cikin zurfafan tsarin aikin noma, inda falalar yanayi da fasahar ɗan adam suka hadu cikin jituwa. Mallake gaban gaba, gungu na sabbin mazugi na Topaz hop da aka girbe suna rataye tare da kuzari mai kuzari, daɗaɗɗen ɓangarorin su dalla-dalla. Kowane mazugi, tare da ƙwanƙolinsa na kore da takarda, mai laushi, da alama yana walƙiya da ƙarfi, kamar dai mahimman mai da glandan lupulin da ke cikin suna shirye su fashe da ƙamshinsu. Ba wai kawai zagayowar noma na shukawa, kula da girbi ba har ma da yuwuwar canjin da suke riƙe da su da zarar an shigar da su cikin tukwane kusa da su. Haske mai laushi, mai bazuwa yana ɗaukar kowane nau'i na nau'in su, yana ɗaga waɗannan madaidaicin madaidaicin zuwa wani abu mai kyan gani, alama ce ta al'ada da ƙima a cikin ƙirƙira.

bayansu, yana tashi kamar wani ma'aikacin al'ada, tulun ruwan tagulla yana ƙyalli a cikin hasken amber. Fuskar sa da aka goge tana nuna daskararru na korayen mazugi da aka rataye a samansa, suna haifar da tattaunawa tsakanin danyen sinadari da jirgin ruwan sha, tsakanin abin da yake da abin da zai zama. Murfin tururi yana jujjuya sama daga murfinsa mai kumbura, yana sassaukar da tsattsauran layukan ƙarfe tare da mamaye wurin tare da yanayin canji. Wannan jirgin ruwa ne da ke cikin tarihi, bangonsa na tagulla yana tunawa da shekaru aru-aru na ayyukan noma, lokacin da irin waɗannan kettles su ne jigon kowane gidan girki. Fatin karfen, wanda ya ɗan dusashe a wurare, yana magana da bututun da ba su ƙididdigewa ba, kowannensu babi ne a cikin sarkar dabarar ɗan adam da ba ta karye ba a kan tsarin halitta. Anan, a wannan lokacin, yana raye sau ɗaya, yana yin alƙawarin canza ruwa, malt, yisti, da hops zuwa abin sha wanda ya fi adadin sassansa.

Hasken walƙiya a duk faɗin wurin yana jin an tsara shi a hankali, yana faɗuwa cikin dumi, sautunan zinariya waɗanda ke jaddada laushi da launuka yayin kiyaye ma'anar kusanci. Shadows suna rawa a kan mazugi na kettle da ƙwanƙolin maɓuɓɓuka masu haɗe-haɗe, suna ƙara zurfin zurfi da gayyatar ido don dagewa kan cikakkun bayanai. Tururi da ke tashi daga kettle ya bayyana kusan ethereal, bayyanar da kuzari, zafi, da canji, kamar dai iskar da kanta tana cike da fure, kamshin hops. Yana haifar da gada mai azanci, yana bawa mai kallo damar kusan ƙamshin ƙamshi na ƙasa, da yaji, da kayan marmari waɗanda Topaz hops ke da daraja, bayanin kula waɗanda a ƙarshe zasu mamaye giya tare da halayensa na musamman.

Wannan hulɗar sinadarai na halitta da ƙera jirgin ruwa yana aiki fiye da bambanci na gani kawai - labari ne na ƙirƙira kanta. Hops, sabo-sabo kuma har yanzu mai ban sha'awa na ƙasa da rana, suna wakiltar fasahar aikin noma, yayin da tulun ya ƙunshi tsari, ɓangaren kimiyya na aikin noma. Tsakanin ta'allaka ne da tashin hankali wanda ko da yaushe ya bayyana yin giya: ma'auni na yanayi ta unpredictability tare da mutum iko da daidaici. Irin nau'in Topaz, wanda aka sani da ɗanɗanonsa masu ƙarfin gaske waɗanda ke fitowa daga 'ya'yan itace na wurare masu zafi da lychee zuwa ƙasa, resinous undertones, suna tsaye a tsakiyar wannan ma'auni, masu iya siffanta ƙamshin giya da ɗanɗanonta ta hanyoyi masu zurfi.

Yanayin gaba ɗaya shine na girmamawa shiru. Haske mai laushi, jinkirin murƙushewa, daɗaɗɗen daɗaɗɗen hops, da dawwama na tulun tagulla duk sun haɗu don tunatar da mu cewa shayarwa ba kawai aikin injiniya ba ne amma nau'i ne na alchemy. Kowane daki-daki yana nuna haƙuri, al'ada, da fasaha: noman a tsanake na noman, idon mai shayarwa, daɗaɗaɗɗen lokaci na tafasa, daɗaɗawa, da haifuwa. A cikin wannan firam guda ɗaya ya ta'allaka ne da labarin halittar giya, ba a faɗa da kalmomi ba amma ta hasken jan ƙarfe, da ɗanyen kore, da hazo na tururi yana tashi sama.

ƙarshe, hoton yana nuna kusanci da girma. Yana gayyatar mai kallo don matsawa kusa, don gudanar da hannu a kan ƙwanƙolin ƙirƙira na mazugi na hop ko kuma jin zafi yana haskakawa daga saman kettle. A lokaci guda kuma, yana nuni zuwa ga wani abu mafi girma: al'adar da aka yi shekaru aru-aru da kuma yadda mazugi mai sauƙi zai iya rinjayar ba kawai giya ba amma dukan al'adu da tarihi. Topaz hops suna ɗaukar mataki a nan ba kawai a matsayin sinadari ba, amma a matsayin gidan kayan gargajiya, kasancewarsu yana tunatar da mu kyakkyawar tafiya daga filin zuwa tukwane, daga kettle zuwa gilashi.

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