Isithombe: I-Craft Brewing nge-Nordgaard Hops

Ngaphakathi kwenhliziyo ekhanyiswe ngokufudumele yesitolo sotshwala se-rustic kodwa esicolisisiwe, umkhathi uvungama ngamandla athule akhuluma kokubili isiko nokuqanjwa kabusha. Amaketela aphuzwayo enziwe ngethusi agcwele igumbi, izindawo zawo ezikhazimulayo zibonisa ukukhanya okuthambile kwezibani ezilenga phezulu. Umoya ugcwele iphunga le-malt, yeast, namahops, ingxube edakayo edlulisela ngokushesha ubuciko obucophelelayo obusebenza kule ndawo. Ngaphambili, umqondisi wotshwala uhlezi etafuleni eliqinile lamapulangwe, ingqondo yakhe igxile kumacones aluhlaza amahops asanda kuvunwa aseNordgaard. Izandla zakhe, eziqinile kodwa ezithambile, zihlukanise ngokucophelela izimbali ze-hop ukuze zihlole ingaphakathi lazo elinenhlaka, zifuna i-lupulin esagolide ezonikeza ubhiya ukubaba, iphunga elimnandi, nesimilo. Ukuziphatha kwakhe kuzolile futhi kugxilile, okuphakamisa isipiliyoni seminyaka kanye nenhlonipho ejulile ngezithako ezingavuthiwe asebenza ngazo. Amabhodlela amathathu omkhiqizo oqediwe ami eduze kwakhe, amalebula awo alula kodwa amahle, ngokuziqhenya anegama le-Nordgaard kanye nesithombe esinesitayela sawo kanye ama-hops awahlolayo. Lawa mabhodlela asebenza njengebhuloho phakathi kwenani eliluhlaza, lomhlaba lamasimu kanye nobuciko obupholishiwe obugcwalisa ingilazi ngayinye.

Ngale kwalokho, ithimba elincane labaphisi botshwala lihamba kahle emisebenzini yalo. Omunye ushukumisa i-mash tun ngokunyakazisa okuprakthiza, kuyilapho omunye ehlola ama-dial namavalvu emshinini wokuvubela ophakeme wensimbi engagqwali ogudle udonga olungemuva. Isigqi sabo esihlelekile nezingxoxo ezithule zembula ulwazi olwabiwe kanye nothando lwenqubo, isinyathelo ngasinye siqashwe ngokucophelela ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi ubhiya wokugcina uhlangabezana nezindinganiso eziphakeme zendawo yokuphisa utshwala. Imishini yethusi neyensimbi iphambene nohlaza oluphilayo lwama-hops, igqamisa ukuvumelana phakathi kwemvelo nobuchwepheshe obuchaza ubuciko bokuphisa. Ibhalansi engadingi nje kuphela ikhono kodwa isineke, iqoqo ngalinye limelela amahora amaningi okusebenza nezizukulwane zolwazi oluthuthukisiwe lube umkhuba wesimanje.

Ngamafasitela amakhulu angemuva kwegumbi, amagquma namasimu afinyelela kude, kugezwe emini. Ukubuka kusikisela umsuka wamahops ase-Nordgaard, okungenzeka ukuthi alinywa eduze nomhlabathi osunakekelwe amakhulu eminyaka. Lokhu kuxhumana phakathi komhlaba nengilazi kuyazwakala, okuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi wonke ama-sip aphethe ingqikithi yasemaphandleni, egaywe ibe yi-liquid ngezandla zezingcweti. Isigcawu sisonke siveza umuzwa wokuziqhenya, ikhwalithi, kanye nomphakathi—izindinganiso ezigxiliswe ngokujulile esikweni lokuphisa ngobungcweti. Yindawo lapho kuhlonishwa khona isiko, ukuqanjwa kwamukelwa, futhi ibhodlela ngalinye alikhulumi nje indaba yomkhiqizo, kodwa ngabantu, umhlaba, kanye nothando. Indawo yokuphuzela utshwala izizwa isondelene futhi ibanzi, indawo yokuhlangana lapho ukuzinikela emsebenzini wezandla nokwazisa imvelo kuhlangana khona, kubungazwa umkhuba ongaphelelwa isikhathi wokuguqula izithako ezilula zibe okuthile okungajwayelekile.

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