Isithombe: I-Tettnanger Hops ku-Brewing

Isithombe sithwebula isithunzi esithule kanye nobuhle obungaphansi kwe-Tettnanger hops, okungenye yezinhlobo ezinhle ze-hop ezithandwa kakhulu ekuphisweni utshwala. Ngaphambili, i-hop cone eyodwa ilenga ngobuhle, ilenga ngokugqama okubukhali, izendlalelo zayo zama-papery bracts agqagqene ngamaphethini ayinkimbinkimbi. Umbala wazo oluhlaza ngokuphaphathekile umusha futhi udlangile, ubamba ukuthambile, ngisho nokukhanya okuthuthukisa ukuthungwa okuthambile kwe-hop. I-bract ngayinye ijika kancane, idala ukufana kwemvelo okugqamisa ubuciko bemvelo bemvelo ngokwayo. Ngaphakathi, nakuba kuboniswe kulesi sithombe kuphela, kulele izindlala ze-lupulin ezinenhlaka, izinqolobane ezincane zamafutha abalulekile ngelinye ilanga azofaka ubhiya ngobuqili besiginesha adume ngawo ama-Tettnanger hop. Izigaxa ezizungezile, ezingagxilile kancane, zinikeza ukujula nomongo, okuphakamisa inala kuyilapho iqinisekisa ukuthi ikhoni emaphakathi ihlala iyinkanyezi yohlaka.

Ngemuva kwama-hops, ukukhanya okufudumele kweketela le-copper brew kusekela ukwakheka, umumo wayo oyindilinga uyabamba futhi ubonisa ukukhanya ezithombeni ezinhle kakhulu ezithambile. Igedlela livusa isiko lokuphisa lamakhulu eminyaka, lapho ukuqina kwethusi kanye nokushisa kwalo kwayenza yaba isitsha esikhethwa yizizukulwane zabaphathi bophisi. Ukuba khona kwawo kudala isixhumanisi phakathi kwesithako esingakahlaza esingaphambili kanye nenqubo yokuguqula esiseza: lapha, ekushiseni nasesitiyeni salo mkhumbi, ama-hop e-Tettnanger azodela imvelo yawo esemhlabeni, ebabayo, nezimbali ukuze alinganisele ubumnandi bemalt. Ukuboniswa ebusweni bawo kwengeza ekufudumaleni kwendawo, amathoni awo asagolide ahambisana nohlaza lwama-hops futhi adale umoya ozwakalayo kokubili u-rustic futhi ucwengekile.

Eceleni, i-silhouette ethulisiwe yomphongolo wenezela olunye ungqimba lokujula, izinti zawo ezimnyama kanye nesimo esigobile sihlebeza ukugcinwa, ukuvuthwa, nokubekezela. Imiphongolo ihambisana nencazelo yesikhathi—ukuphumula kukabhiya, ukuxutshwa kwezinongo, umlando ovela kancane endaweni epholile yegumbi elingaphansi. Ukuba khona kwabo lapha kukhumbuza umbukeli ukuthi ukwenza isiphuzo kumayelana nokulinda nokunakekela njengoba kumayelana nesenzo esingavuthiwe sokukhiqiza. Ngalé kweketela nomgqomo wethusi, amathange okuvubela ensimbi engagqwali emi made, ecwebezela ngokunemba kokuphiswa kwesimanjemanje. Amafomu azo athambile, nakuba athambekele ngenxa yokujula kwensimu engajulile, ahluke ngokufudumele kokhuni nethusi, okubonisa indlela abaphisi botshwala besimanje abahlanganisa ngayo isiko nokuqamba okusha ukuze bathole ukuvumelana kanye nekhwalithi.

Umkhathi wesithombe ungowokuhlonipha, ukuvuma okuthulile kokuthi ama-hop aphakathi nendawo afaneleka kanjani kubhiya, nokuthi i-Tettnanger ikakhulukazi ithwala kanjani isisindo esiyingqayizivele samasiko nezinzwa. Ngokungafani nezinhlobo zanamuhla ezifuywe ngezithelo ezigqamile zasezindaweni ezishisayo noma amawolintshi, i-Tettnanger inikeza ubuhlakani ne-finesse. Amanothi ayo asemhlabeni, asekelwe ngamakhambi ahlanganiswe ngobumnene nezimbali ezimibalabala nezibabayo, okudala obhiya abahlukene, abalinganiselayo, futhi abaphuza kakhulu. Lezi zici ziyenza ibe yisisekelo kumalager endabuko aseYurophu, ama-kölsches, nobhiya kakolweni, lapho ukuvimbela kwawo kuvumela i-malt nemvubelo ukuthi kukhanye ngenkathi kusashiya iminwe ehlukile, nenhle.

Ukukhanyisa kugcizelela lo muzwa wobumnandi. Ithambile futhi ilinganayo, igqamisa ukwakheka kwekhoni ye-hop ngaphandle kokuyixaka, iqinisekisa ukuthi isimo sayo semvelo siyazikhulumela. Izithunzi ziwa kancane emiphethweni yama-bracts, zithuthukisa ubude-ntathu bawo, kuyilapho ukufiphala okuzungezile kuhlukanisa ikhoni ngesikhathi sayo sokuvelela. Lokhu kugxila okubukwayo kukhombisa indima ka-Tettnanger ekwenzeni utshwala: hhayi ukubhuqa noma ukuyala, kodwa kubalulekile ngendlela okuvumelana ngayo konke.

Sekukonke, isithombe siwukugubha kokubili isithako nenqubo. Itholakala e-Tettnanger hops hhayi nje njengomkhiqizo wezolimo, kodwa njengendawo yokuxhumanisa emsebenzini womshini wokuphisa utshwala, ehlanganisa umhlaba wemvelo kanye nobuciko bokwenza utshwala. Ama-hop, igedlela lethusi, umgqomo, namathangi ensimbi engagqwali konke kusebenza ndawonye ekwakhiweni kokuxoxa indaba yefa, ukuguqulwa, kanye nebhalansi. Imema umbukeli ukuthi angabongi nje kuphela ubuhle be-hop cone kodwa futhi nobudlelwano obukhona phakathi kwamakhulu eminyaka phakathi kwama-hops nobhiya, kanye nobuciko obuthulile obuphendula lezi zigaxa eziluhlaza zibe izinambitheka ezichaza abanye bobhiya abangaphelelwa isikhathi emhlabeni.

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