The lowdown: Dry hopping may reignite fermentation is resulting in diacetyl issues and (unwanted) higher levels of CO2 in packaged beer. Our take: “Hop Creep” Research at Oregon State University summarized in a paper in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry explains why it happens: in simplest terms, maltose production from enzymes drives what… Read More…
How Distilled Oils are Expanding the Impact of Hops
Our Editor Emeritus, Stan Hieronymus has an article over at Good Beer Hunting about hop extracts / hop oils that helps evaporate the myths surrounding these products. “Liquid CO2 extraction of hop pellets produces the most pure whole resin and oil extract. The extract has many advantages over whole hops or pellets—including reduced costs for… Read More…