Hoto: Yakima Cluster Dry Hopping

Hoton yana ɗaukar ɗan lokaci na daidaito da kusanci a cikin tsarin aikin noma, yana mai da hankali kan ainihin ɗanyen sinadari wanda ke bayyana yawancin giya: hop cone. Yaduwa a saman tebur ɗin aiki tudun ne na Yakima Cluster hops da aka girbe, sifofin su na ma'auni masu ma'auni waɗanda ke haskakawa cikin inuwar kore. Cones ɗin suna da ƙanƙanta duk da haka masu laushi, sarƙaƙƙiyar sarƙaƙƙiyar su an jera su a cikin matsuguni waɗanda ke bayyana alamun lupulin na zinare a ciki. Lupulin, wanda aka adana ƙurar resins da mai, yana bayyane inda mazugi ɗaya ke tsaga a hankali, yana walƙiya da laushi, launin amber wanda yayi alkawarin citrus, yaji, da kamshi mai kamshi idan aka sake shi a cikin abin sha. Kowace ƙwanƙwasa a cikin tulin shaida ce ga kayan aikin gona na kwarin Yakima, wanda aka girma a ƙarƙashin rana kuma ya girma kafin a girbe shi na ɗan lokaci kamar haka.

Babban abin da ke mayar da hankali ga hoton yana cikin hannun mai shayarwa, yana shirye tare da kulawa da tunani yayin da yake zaɓar mazugi ɗaya daga cikin tari. Nufin yana ɗaya daga cikin girmamawa da fasaha, yana nuna alaƙar kusanci tsakanin ƙwarewar ɗan adam da falalar halitta. Hannu yana ɗaure hop ɗin a hankali, kamar yana tunawa da rauninsa, duk da haka tare da amincewar wani wanda ya san tsarin sosai. Wannan ma'auni na jin daɗi da tabbaci yana madubi fasahar ƙirƙira kanta, inda kimiyya da tunani ke aiki tare don ƙirƙirar giya mai rikitarwa da halaye. Buɗaɗɗen jirgin ruwan bakin karfe kusa da hannun yana jira don karɓar zaɓaɓɓun hops, gogewar samansa yana nuna ƙarancin haske a ƙarƙashin haske mai laushi. Buɗaɗɗen murfi yana nuna gaggawa, shirye-shiryen ƙara waɗannan sabobin cones a cikin tsarin shayarwa, mai yuwuwa don busassun hopping — matakin da ke ba da ƙarfin hali, halaye na ƙamshi ba tare da ƙara ɗaci ba.

tsakiyar ƙasa, ƙarancin haske na jirgin ruwa ya bambanta da nau'ikan nau'ikan hops, yana ƙarfafa tattaunawa tsakanin al'ada da zamani, yanayi da fasaha. Kwanin karfe, mai tsabta da aiki, yana tsaye a matsayin kayan aiki na daidaitaccen aiki, yana tabbatar da cewa an auna kowane ƙari na hop, lokaci, da manufa. Fahimtar bangon baya yana kawar da ruɗani, yana rage hankalin mai kallo akan hops da kansu da aikin zaɓin. Wannan zaɓin da aka haɗa yana jaddada kusancin wannan lokacin, kusan yana gayyatar mai kallo ya yi tunanin fashewar ƙamshin da ke faruwa lokacin da mai yin giya ya murƙushe mazugi tsakanin yatsunsu a hankali—sakin pine, citrus zest, da ƙasƙanci na ƙasa suna cika iska. Kamar dai hoton yana ɗauka ba kawai abin da ake gani ba, har ma da abin da ake ji da wari a cikin ɗakin.

Haske a ko'ina cikin wurin yana da taushi da dumi, yana fitar da haske mai laushi a cikin hops da hannun mai shayarwa yayin da yake barin inuwa mai zurfi don fitar da rubutu da zurfi. Wannan haske yana haifar da yanayi wanda ke jin duka gayyata da girmamawa, kusan kamar al'ada ce mai natsuwa maimakon matakin fasaha na yin giya. Ana yin bikin hops a nan ba kawai a matsayin sinadarai ba amma a matsayin taska—kyautai na ƙasar da aka kula da su a hankali cikin fasahar noma. Babban ra'ayi shine kulawa, haƙuri, da mutunta al'ada, tare da Yakima Cluster hops suna ɗaukar mataki na tsakiya a matsayin jarumawa na dandano da ƙamshi. Hoton yana tunatar da mai kallo cewa a bayan kowane pint na giya akwai lokuta masu yawa na kulawa da hankali, inda yawancin aikin gona ke canza hannun mutane zuwa fasahar ruwa.

Hoton yana da alaƙa da: Hops in Beer Brewing: Yakima Cluster