Isithombe: I-Columbia Hop Storage Facility

Ngaphakathi nendawo ewumhume wendawo yokugcina i-hop, umoya unzima ngephunga elimnandi lama-hop ase-Columbia asanda kuvunwa. Isigcawu sivuleka ngaphambili ngenqwaba yamasaka e-burlap, imicu yawo emahhadlahhadla kanye namathoni asemhlabeni ahlinzeka ngokuhlukile kwama-cone agqamile aluhlaza achitheka kakhulu emiphethweni yawo. Isaka elilodwa, elibekwe ngokugqamile enkabeni, ligcwaliswe phezulu, ama-hops alo agcwele aqine akhuphukela phezulu, okwenza umuzwa wokugcwala nokuchichima. Eceleni kwawo, umkhumbi wengilazi uqukethe ama-hops amaningi acwiliswe oketshezini olusagolide, akhazimula ekukhanyeni okufudumele, okusakazekile okugeleza ngamafasitela amade ezimboni. Lokhu kuhlangana phakathi kwesithako esiluhlaza kanye nefomu elicutshunguliwe kusikisela ngobuqili uguquko olulindele lawa ma-hops—uhambo olusuka endaweni ethile luye endaweni yokulondoloza, futhi ekugcineni, ukuya egedlela lokuphisa lapho amafutha awo abalulekile nama-resin azovula izendlalelo zephunga elimnandi nokunambitheka.

Indawo emaphakathi ivuleka ibe imigqa ehlelekile, ehlelekile yamabhokisi okhuni, ngalinye lipakishwe ngokucophelela futhi lipakishwe, imiphetho yawo ihambisana nokunemba kwezandla eziprakthizayo. Amanye amakhreyithi avuliwe, aveza izinqwaba zamakhoni ehlela phezulu, ama-paper bracts awo abamba ukukhanya okuhlukahlukene okuluhlaza okotshani, kusukela ku-chartreuse ephaphathekile kuya kumbala ojulile, onenhlaka. Ukuhleleka kwamakhreyithi kuphakamisa ukulingana okucophelelayo kwesiko nokusebenza kahle, ukuvuma ngekhanda kukho kokubili izimpande zezolimo zokulima kwe-hop kanye nokuqina kwezimboni okudingekayo ukuze kugcinwe ikhwalithi esikalini. Ukuhlelwa akudluliseli isiphithiphithi, kodwa idizayini enenhloso, lapho isiqukathi ngasinye sibekwe ngendlela ehlelekile ukuze kwandiswe kokubili isikhala nokufinyeleleka.

Ngaphezulu emuva, umkhathi wesikhungo unwebeka ube yi-symphony yesithunzi nokukhanya. Amawindi amakhulu anamapulangwe amaningi akleliswe ezindongeni, ingilazi yawo ithanjiswe uthuli oluthambile nokuguga kwemvelo. Ngazo, izwe langaphandle lihlala lingabonakali, nokho ilanga liyangena, ligeza ingaphakathi ngokukhazimula okusagolide okudansa phezu kwamasaka namakhreyithi ngokufanayo. Ukuhlangana kokukhanya nesithunzi kugqamisa izindawo ezithungwe, okunikeza isisindo kunqwaba ye-burlap nokujula kweziqukathi zokhuni. Uphahla oluphakeme luyi-arch overhead, lusekelwa yimishayo namagida, isikhumbuzo somgogodla wezimboni osekela inzuzo yezolimo ngaphakathi.

Umkhathi wendawo ungowobuningi obuthonywe isiyalo. Ama-hop ngokwawo, antekenteke futhi ayashesha ebusheni bawo, afuna lokhu kunakekelwa ngokucophelela. Yonke imininingwane—kusukela ekulukweni okuphefumulayo kwamasaka e-burlap avimbela ukunqwabelana komswakama, kuya ekwakhiweni okuqinile kwamakhreyithi aklanyelwe ukunqwabelana nokugeleza komoya—ikhuluma ngokubaluleka kokulondolozwa. Kule ndawo elawulwayo, izakhi ezishintshashintshayo ezenza ama-hops abe namandla nesimilo ziyavikeleka, kuqinisekwe ukuthi lapho ekugcineni ehlangana newort ebilayo, ngeke nje adlulise imunyu kodwa namanothi ahlukahlukene ezithelo ezisawolintshi, izinongo, zikaphayini, noma umhlabathi ochaza izinhlobonhlobo zeColumbia.

Ukuma kulesi sikhala, umuntu akakwazi ukuzibamba ngaphandle kokuzwa ukuphambana kwemvelo nobuhlakani bomuntu. I-hop cone ngayinye, nakuba incane futhi intekenteke, inokubaluleka okukhulu kumabhiya azowabumba. Isikhungo ngokwaso, nakuba siyimboni ekuklanyweni kwaso, sizizwa sicishe sifane nesonto elikhulu ekuhlonipheni kwaso isitshalo. Lapha, inqubo ayigcini nje ngokugcina izinto—imayelana nobuphathi. Izigaxa ziphumula ngobuningi obuhlelekile, zilindele isikhathi sazo sokufaka ubuciko kubuciko bomthengisi. Inhlanganisela yokukhanya okufudumele, umoya onephunga elimnandi, kanye nenhlangano ecabangelayo idlulisela okungaphezu kokusebenza kahle; idlulisa inhlonipho ngomjikelezo wezolimo kanye nokuqonda okujulile kweqhaza elizodlalwa yila mahops ekulandiseni okubanzi kotshwala.

Isithombe sihlobene: Ama-Hops e-Beer Brewing: Columbia