Isithombe: I-Keyworth's Early Hops Lab

Isigcawu sithwebula isikhashana esiqandisiwe ngesikhathi, indawo yokusebenzela yotshwala yangekhulu le-19 lapho kuhlangana khona isiko, ukuhlola, nomoya wophenyo lwesayensi. Maphakathi nendawo kuhlezi umcwaningi oyedwa, ijazi lakhe elebhu elimhlophe qhwa linikeza umehluko omangalisayo kumathoni afudumele, anomhlaba etafula lezinkuni nendawo ezungezile. Ugqolozele engilazini ye-golden wort ayibambe phezulu, eyizulizisa ukuze ibambe ukukhanya kwelambu likawoyela eliseduze. Uketshezi olungaphakathi lukhanyisa inhlaka, ukukhanya okukhanyayo egumbini elinomthunzi ngenye indlela, imiphetho yalo enamagwebu ebonisa izinqubo zokuvubela eseziqalile kakade. Inkulumo yakhe ingeyokugxilisa ingqondo nelukuluku, uhlobo lokubukeka olutholakala emahoreni amaningi okulinga, amaphutha, nokutholwa.

Itafula lokhuni eliguge kahle eliphambi kwakhe kukhona amathuluzi nezithako zomsebenzi wakhe, ngayinye iwubufakazi bemvelo ecophelelayo yesayensi yokuphisa phakathi neminyaka yayo yokukhula. Amanothi abhalwe ngesandla ahlakazekile, izinhlamvu zawo zikayinki zigcwele esikhumbeni ngokubhekwa ngokucophelela namarekhodi okuhlola. Lawa manothi, mhlawumbe, abhala ibhalansi yokubaba nephunga, izikhathi eziqondile zokungezwa kwe-hop, noma izimfanelo zokuqhathanisa zesivuno esihlukene. Eceleni kwawo, amabhekha engilazi alula nama-carafe aqukethe amasampula e-hops, amanye amasha futhi aluhlaza, amanye acwile oketshezini njengengxenye yokuhlolwa okuqhubekayo. Isaka le-burlap elichitheka nama-hop cones aluhlaza likhuluma nezimpande zezolimo zokuphisa, ama-bracts awo aqoshiwe athembisa kokubili ukubaba nokuhlukahluka kwezimbali.

Ilabhorethri ngokwayo iqinile futhi ingumkhathi, izindonga zayo zezitini ziveza umuzwa wokuhlala unomphela nokuqina. Ukukhanya kwelambu elilokozayo kuveza izithunzi ezithambile, ezisagolide endaweni yonke, kucosha ukukhanya kwethusi kwamathuluzi angajwayelekile futhi kugqamise imiphetho yemibhalo yesandla yomcwaningi ebhalwe ngesandla. Zilengiswe emishayweni engenhla, amaqoqo e-Keyworth's Early hop ayalenga ayinqwaba acophelelayo, ome kancane ngenxa yokufudumala, ukuba khona kwawo okunephunga elimnandi kugcwale umoya ngamanothi ekhambi, anenhlaka. Iphunga elincanyana leyeast, elixutshwa nobukhali obunotshani bamahops kanye nezwi eliphansi le-malt, lidala indawo enuka kamnandi ecace njengaleyo ebonwayo.

Ukuba khona kwezinsimbi zethusi nesibonakhulu esifakwe ekhoneni lendawo kusikisela ukuthi lona akuyena nje uphisi utshwala kodwa futhi ungusosayensi—umuntu olwela ukudlulela ngalé kwesiko elizuzwe njengefa angene emkhakheni wokuqamba izinto ezintsha. Umsebenzi wakhe awukona nje ukukhiqiza ubhiya kuphela kodwa futhi umayelana nokuwuqonda ezingeni lawo eliyisisekelo, ukuvula izimfihlo zokuvutshelwa kanye nokunambitheka okungazokwakha imikhuba yokuphisa emashumini eminyaka ezayo. I-Keyworth's Early hops, izinhlobonhlobo eziyinhloko kule ndaba, imelela kokubili ukuqhubeka nokwedlule kanye nesinyathelo esiya phambili emandleni amasha, enikeza amanothi acashile ezimbali, amakhambi, nezinongo angaba umgogodla wezindlela zokupheka ezisazobhalwa.

Konke okubhaliwe kuveza umuzwa wokuzindla okuthule, nokho ngaphansi kwalokho kuthule kukhona ukulindela. Ukujikijela okucatshangelwayo kwengilazi komcwaningi kufanekisela ibhalansi phakathi kobuciko nesayensi, phakathi komuzwa wokuzwisisa nokulinganisa. Konke okuguquguqukayo—ikhwalithi yama-hops, okuqukethwe kwamaminerali emanzini, izinga lokushisa lokuvutshelwa—kudinga ukunemba, nokho umphumela uhlale unesici esingenakubikezelwa, isikhumbuzo sokuthi ukuphisa kuwubuciko njengoba nje kuwumkhuba.

Ekugcineni, lesi sithombe esivusa amadlingozi asixoxeli nje indaba yendoda elabhorethri kodwa yenkathi yokuphisa lapho isifundo sokwaziswa saqala ukuphambana nesiko lamakhulu eminyaka ubudala. Ikhuluma ngenguquko kabhiya ehamba kancane kodwa eqinile, kusukela ku-rustic farmhouse ale kuya ekuphuzweni okuklanywe ngokucophelela, ngakunye kusekelwe ukuqina kwesayensi. Ekukhanyeni kwelambu elifudumele, elizungezwe ngamanothi, amabhika, nama-hops, umcwaningi uhlanganisa umoya wokuqamba oqhubekisele phambili uphuzo—ukuzinikela okungantengantengi ekutholeni, ekuthuthukisweni, nasekuphishekeleni ipinti eliphelele.

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