Isithombe: Isibonisi esisha se-Sterling kanye ne-Craft Hops

Isithombe sivela njengokubungazwa kweqhaza lemvelo ekwenziweni kotshwala, ngokuboniswa okuhlelwe ngokucophelela kwama-hop cones asatshalaliswe ngamaqoqo anomusa kulo lonke uhlaka. Ikhoni ngayinye, ecwebezelayo futhi enenhlaka, ikhipha ubungqabavu ngaphansi kokukhanya kwehora okusagolide okuvela eceleni, kuveza okuvelele okufudumele kanye nezithunzi ezithambile ezigqamisa izakhiwo zazo ezinezingqimba. Ingaphambili libuswa ama-Sterling hops, amaqabunga awo acijile namacones amade ami ngaphandle ngokunemba, umbala wawo oluhlaza ogqamile ophakamisa kokubili ukusha namandla okuphunga. I-Sterling, eyaziwa ngamanothi ayo e-herbal, okubabayo, namawolintshi alinganiselayo, ibonakala isebenza lapha njengehange lokuqamba, ehlanganisa kokubili isiko nokuhlukahluka. Ukuba khona kwabo kusekela lesi sigameko, kubhekiselwa ezinhlobonhlobo ze-hop osekunesikhathi eside zithandwa abaphisi botshwala abafuna ubuhle obucashile kunokuba umlingiswa ongaphezu kwamandla.

Uma ingena endaweni emaphakathi, i-tapestry yama-hops iyakhula, ibonise izinhlobonhlobo zamakhoni amele amanye amagama ayisithonjana kakhulu ekuphuzweni utshwala: i-Cascade, i-Centennial, ne-Chinook. Ngayinye iletha ubuntu bayo obuhlukile ekwakhiweni kwayo, futhi nakuba zifana ngokubukeka ngesakhiwo, isithombe simema umbukeli ukuba acabange ngezimfanelo ezihlukile ezinephunga elimnandi umuntu ngamunye angalunikeza ubhiya. I-Cascade, nokukhanya kwayo okuya phambili kwezimbali kanye ne-grapefruit, ihlala eduze kwe-Centennial, evame ukuchazwa njenge-Cascade ene-supercharged ne-citrus ejulile, izimbali, kanye ne-undertones encane enenhlaka. I-Chinook, enesibindi namanje, iletha ubukhali bephayini, egqishelwe ngesinongo kanye ne-grapefruit zest, uhlobo lwe-hop olusize ukuchaza ukunyakaza kwe-West Coast IPA. Ukusebenzisana kwalezi zinhlobonhlobo phakathi kohlaka kuzwakala kwenziwa ngamabomu, njengokungathi kulungiselelwe ukuvusa inqwaba emangalisayo yama-flavour hop kunikeza abadidiyeli botshwala abawahlanganisa emaresiphi ngenhloso nangobuciko.

Ingemuva lifiphale kancane, okuvumela isibukeli ukuthi sigxile kumakhoni ngaphambili kuyilapho sisanikeza umuzwa wokuchichima obonisa ukudonsa kwe-hop okusanda kuvunwa. Ukukhanya okusagolide okusabalele, okusikisela kwantambama ehlobo, akugqamisi nje kuphela ukuthambeka komzimba wama-hop kodwa futhi kuphakamisa ikhwalithi yawo yesikhashana: lawa makhoni ayigugu edlulayo, ayigugu lesizini, avuthwa lapho izindlala zawo ze-lupulin zigcwele amafutha nama-resin azongena ngokushesha ku-fermenter futhi ekugcineni angene ezingilazini ze-beer. Lokhu kukhethwa kokukhanya nokujula kwenkundla kudala ithoni efudumele, ecishe ibe nenhlonipho, ekhuthaza umbukeli ukuthi ame kancane futhi azindle ngobuhle nobuthaka balezi zithako zokukhiqiza utshwala obuluhlaza.

Ngaphandle kobuhle, isithombe sikhuluma ngobunkimbinkimbi obumangalisayo nokwehluka okukhona kuma-hops. Ngokuhlanganisa i-Sterling nezingqalabutho zaseMelika ezifana ne-Cascade, i-Centennial, ne-Chinook, ithwebula indaba yokuvela kokuphisa. I-Sterling, evame ukusetshenziswa kuma-lager nama-ales esitayela saseYurophu esivinjelwe kakhulu, ihlala eduze kwama-hops amise igagasi elinesibindi, elinephunga elimnandi likabhiya wezandla waseMelika. Ndawonye, bakha iphalethi lapho abaphisi botshwala bengapenda khona obhiya abasukela kokucashile nabacashile kuya kokugomelayo nabaqhumayo. Ngakho isithombe asibi nje impilo esekhona kodwa isingathekiso esibonakalayo sekhithi yamathuluzi yabaphisi botshwala, isikhumbuzo sokuthi umlingisi wokugcina kabhiya ngokuvamile uwumphumela walokho okukhethiwe okucatshangelwe kahle.

Enhliziyweni yayo, ukwakheka kudlulisa ukunakekelwa kwezandla kanye nokunaka imininingwane, kuvusa ubungcweti obudingekayo ukuphatha ama-hops ngenhlonipho. Isigaxa ngasinye simelela umvuthwandaba wezinyanga zokulinywa ngokucophelela, ukuvunwa okunembayo, nokugcinwa ngokucophelela, nokho nesithembiso soshintsho lapho sesingenile enqubweni yokuphisa. Ngokuhlanganisa izinhlobo eziningi kangaka ngaphansi kokukhanya okufudumele, okuhlanganisayo, isithombe sigcizelela ukuxhumana kwamasiko okuphisa kuzo zonke izifunda nezinkathi. Iwumkhosi othule kodwa onamandla wama-hops ngokwawo—izimbali ezincane, ezithobekile, amafutha awo nama-asidi akha amakha, ukunambitheka, kanye nezinhlobo zikabhiya ezijatshulelwa emhlabeni wonke.

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