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A traditional oast at Frittenden, Kent. An oast, oast house (or oasthouse) or hop kiln is a building designed for kilning (drying) hops as part of the brewing process. Oast houses can be found in most hop-growing (and former hop-growing) areas, and are often good examples of agricultural vernacular architecture. Many redundant oast houses have ...
The hop plant is a vigorous climbing herbaceous perennial, usually trained to grow up strings in a field called a hopfield, hop garden (in the South of England), or hop yard (in the West Country and United States) when grown commercially. Many different varieties of hops are grown by farmers around the world, with different types used for ...
The Hop Farm is a 400-acre (1.6 km 2) Country Park in Beltring, near East Peckham in the English county of Kent. The farm is over 450 years old and has the largest collection of oast houses in the world.
Hops are the key ingredient that turn beer into beer. If you want to be an expert, here's what you need to know.
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Oast with a West Midlands type cowl The West Midlands type of cowl is similar to the Kent type, but without the top board. The weather boards meeting in a point. [5] Other cowls; Preston Mill, East Linton, East Lothian Cowls found outside the main hop growing areas were generally much cruder in construction and very different in looks. Often ...
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Bittering hop. One of the earliest high alpha hops in the world. Raised in 1919 at Wye College from a wild Manitoban female crossed with an English male hop. Mainly bittering Stouts and Dark ales. This hop has a resiny/earthy aroma/flavor and can be a bit rough. Substitutions: Northern Brewer and Galena.