How to make 20,000 pints of beer.

Step 4 Hopping

Hops add bitterness, flavour and aroma to a beer.

Hops added early to the wort cook the longest and add most bitterness (the bitter flavourings are resins, which are harder to cook out of the hop).  Hops added later provide flavour and aroma from oils which evaporate quickly when heated.

The timing of hopping has a huge affect on the flavour.

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[qwertyboy]

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