Hops are added to beer to impart flavors but also act as a preservative, and their mention in the Reinheitsgebot meant to prevent alternative methods of preserving beer that had been used before the introduction of hops.

Hops are today dried industrially and the many oast houses on farms have now been converted into dwellings.

Hops were previously an important crop, however large hop farms have over the last few years been sold and / or turned into dairy farms and eucalypt and pine plantations.

This research has now been relocated to nearby Harbledown and operates as Wye Hops Ltd.

Hops have been grown in the region for a long time, and were used in beer making and exported from here since the twelfth century.

Hops are the female flower clusters or seed cones of the hop vine Humulus lupulus, which are used as a flavouring and preservative agent in nearly all beer made today.

Hops are used extensively in brewing for their many purported benefits, including balancing the sweetness of the malt with bitterness, contributing a variety of desirable flavors and aromas, and having an antibacterial effect that favors the activity of brewer's yeast over less desirable microorganisms.

* Gnutella TTL and Hops header values used for preventing loops and monitoring of network topology

** Hops, the female flower clusters of one species of hop ( Humulus lupulus and varieties ), used primarily as a flavouring and stability agent in beer

* Willamette Hops, used in the brewing of beer, see List of hop varieties

Some newspaper translations used also names Kelvin & Celsjusz ( after the Kelvin and Celsius temperature scales ) and Kalwin i Hops ( Hops is both attempt at phonetic approximation of Hobbes ' name, and onomatopoeia meaning ' jump ').

* Hops, a plant used in making beer, can cause malignant hyperthermia in dogs, usually with fatal results.

With the introduction of railway service in 1867, Waterville became a major shipping point for hops-related cargo ; " Waterville Hops " and hop extract were shipped to brewers all over the world.

The city was known for its hops production from the 1890s through the 1940s, hosting a festival called the " Hops Fiesta " from the early 1930s to the mid-1950s.

The formal description, or blazon, of the Arms is: Quarterly Gules and barry wavy Argent and Azure a Fesse of the second charged with a Ram statant proper between in chief a Garb and a Thunderbolt and in base four Apples and a Branch of Hops all Or ; For the Crest On a Wreath Argent and Gules: A Lion statant Gules resting the dexter fore paw on a shovel and a Pick-axe in saltire proper: And for Supporters, on either side A Tasmanian Tiger proper, with the motto " Ubertas et Fidelitas "

In November 2010, Stansbury Publishing released Hops and Dreams: The Story of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co, written by California State University, Chico professor Rob Burton who researched the company for three years.

" Hops & Glory: One man's search for the beer that built The British Empire " Pan Macmillan: 2009

Hops were formerly extensively grown, and Worksop was famous for its liquorice.

Hops are also called for in some recipes.

Here once stood an ancient boundary stone, near the Hops and Vine pub — formerly the Belisha Beacon — and since replaced by a milestone that, traditionally, marks the division of Kent into its east and west zones.

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Hops ( humulus lupulus ) were introduced to the area in about 1820 ; by 1875, Waterville was considered the " Hops Capital of the World.

Hops, heresies, bays, and beer ;

* Hops Hollow ;

; Hopper: Hops around in a random fashion.

Hops were picked in the hop gardens by gangs of pickers, who worked on a piece work basis and earned a fixed rate per bushel.

Hops were cultivated continuously around the 8th or 9th century AD in Bohemian gardens in the Hallertau district of Bavaria and other parts of Europe.

Hops were the major crop of this region in the late 19th century.

* Yuletide, a 4. 5 % abv Christmas beer, available from November to December, is brewed with Maris Otter, Chocolate and Amber Malts and Boadicea & Chinook Hops

There is Hops and Grapes ( a pub located at Century Square ) and Treehaus ( at Cyberview Lodge Resort and Spa ).

( Hare Inspired Piston Powered Ingenious Exoskeleton Hops Over Parents ) which is thoroughly armed with missiles and gets destroyed in every episode it appears in, with Numbah 3 parachuting out afterwards.

It is also a " seal district " (" Siegelbezirk ") of the hop-planting area Hallertau, and home of important hops-related institutions like the German Hops Museum (" Deutsches Hopfenmuseum ").

Hops | Hop cone in a Hallertau, Germany, hop yard

Stella Artois has advertised their beer " Contains only 4 ingredients: Hops, Malted Barley, Maize and Water ".

* Hops first mentioned in connection with beer brewing

Hops are boiled with the wort in brewing beer and sometimes added post-ferment.

Golding and Fuggles Hops help to balance out the taste of this unique beer.

Barley was produced primarily in the zone of Korca, while Hops were cultivated in Pogradec.

The German Hops Museum was founded in 2002.

Hops are easily cultivated in much of continental Europe and, their innocuousness being relatively clear, were ideally suited to the task.

The town of Abensberg marks the start of the Deutsche Hopfenstraße ( German Hops Road ), a nickname given to the Bundesstraße 301, a German federal highway which runs through the heartland of Germany's hops-growing industry, ending in Freising.

Hops are the female flower clusters ( commonly called seed cones or strobiles ), of a hop species, Humulus lupulus.

Hops, fruit growing and viticulture are also important.

* James Squire becomes the first person in Australia to cultivate Hops.

* Humulus lupulus – Hops.

Hops were once a predominant crop grown around Ukiah.

Eateries include: Drifters, Family Inn, The Buck Inn, Hereford and Hops, Swedish Pantry, Rosy's Diner, Stone House, and the Ludington Grill.

* BIttered Sling Extracts ( BC, Canada ): Moondog, Denman ( both aromatic ), Orange & Juniper, Grapefruit & Hops, Plum & Rootbeer + several seasonal.

* Hops and Dreams: The Story of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.