Hoto: Fresh Viking Hops Close-Up

Da yake hutawa a hankali a kan wani katako mai tsattsauran ra'ayi, Viking hops cones a cikin hoton yana kama da kyawawan dabi'un halitta da kuma gadon tsohuwar al'adar shan ruwa. Koren korensu masu launin kore sun zo matso da ƙarfi, yadudduka na geometric, kowane sikelin yana murƙushewa kaɗan kaɗan a tukwici, yana kama dumin zinare na hasken da ke kewaye. Wannan hasken yana bayyana ba kawai jijiyoyi masu hankali da ke gudana ta kowace ƙwayar cuta ba amma har ma da alamun glandan lupulin masu kyalli a ciki, ƙananan tafkunan resin waɗanda ke ɗauke da mai da acid mai daraja masu mahimmanci don yin gasa. Ganyayyaki da aka warwatse a kusa da mazugi suna ba da shawarar sarrafa kwanan nan, kamar dai an sake tattara waɗannan hops daga bine, an sanya su nan don zaɓi mai kyau kafin shigar da kasko ko kettle. Hangen nesa yana jawo ido cikin kowane kwane-kwane mai laushi, kowane ninki da murƙushewa, har sai mai kallo zai iya kusan jin laushin rubutun na bracts kuma ya hango ragowar lupulin mai ɗanɗano a kan yatsa.

Tsarin ya wuce girbi kawai - yana haifar da fasaha na noman kanta. Ana gabatar da waɗannan hops ba kawai a matsayin samfurin noma ba amma a matsayin sinadirai masu tsarki, masu zurfi cikin mahimmancin al'adu. Ga masu shayarwa na da, musamman waɗanda ke cikin ƙauyukan Viking, hops sun fi masu haɓaka dandano; su ne masu kula da ale, suna kiyaye shi don dogon tafiye-tafiye da lokacin sanyi. Dumi-dumin haske na zinare da ke rufe hoton da alama yana nuna wannan girmamawa, yana jefa kwanukan cikin haske wanda ke jin maras lokaci, kamar girmama rawar da suke takawa a cikin rayuwa da kuma biki. Fahimtar bayanan yana ba da ma'anar kusanci, yana mai da hankali sosai kan cones da kansu, amma kuma yana nuna mafi girma, duniyar da ba a iya gani ba -watakila gidan sayar da giya inda aka jera ganga a bangon dutse, ko kuma filayen hazo fiye da inda bines ke hawa manyan tudu a ƙarƙashin rana.

Sautunan ƙasƙanci na itacen da ke ƙarƙashin mazugi suna ƙara wani zurfin zurfi a wurin, ƙaƙƙarfan lallausan su sun bambanta da kyau da santsi, ma'auni na hops. Tare, suna haifar da jituwa mai kyau, tunatarwa kan yadda yin shayarwa ko da yaushe taron albarkar yanayi ne tare da fasahar ɗan adam. Cones suna da alama suna bugun jini tare da yuwuwar, suna jiran zafin tafasasshen wort don sakin alpha acid ɗinsu masu ɗaci da kuma mai mai kamshi, suna canza dusar hatsi zuwa wani abu mai ƙarfi, mai rai, da jurewa. Abubuwan da ake gani, tare da laushi da duminsa, kusan ba da damar mai kallo ya yi tunanin ƙamshin da ke ɗora zuwa sama-na fure, na ganye, watakila tare da taɓa kayan yaji - yana gayyatar su kusa, kamar dai su shiga cikin al'adar da ta daɗe ta bushewa.

Halin yana ɗaya na jira da kuma shiru na girmamawa, kamar dai waɗannan hops suna shirye a bakin kofa na canji. Dalla-dallansu da jin daɗinsu suna ƙarfafa tunani, suna bayyana a sarari cewa yin burodi ba tsari ba ne kawai amma fasaha ne, wanda ke da daraja haƙuri, fasaha, da mutunta abubuwan sinadaran. Viking hops da aka kama a nan ba su wuce abin da ake gani kawai ba - su alamu ne na sana'a wanda ya dade a tsawon ƙarni, yana haɗa abubuwan da suka gabata da na yanzu ta hanyar sauƙi, zurfin aikin juya kyaututtukan yanayi zuwa ale.

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