On the commercial, they looked like little green things. What do they do?
2006-12-02 05:42:57 · 15 answers · asked by LibraT 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
It is not a grain. It is a vine with leaves that have a pungent odor and taste. They are what gives beer its flavoring. Sam Adams is saying they add more than the other breweries and their beer therefor has more taste and bite.
2006-12-02 10:42:42 · answer #1 · answered by beckychr007 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I went out into cyber space and found this out for you on the subject of hops. Hops are a flower used primarily as a flavouring and stability agent in beer, as well as in herbal medicine. The first documented use in beer is from the eleventh century. Hops comes from the flowers of Humulus lupulus, and contain several characteristics very favourable to beer: (a) hops contribute a bitterness that balances the sweetness of the malt, (b) hops can contribute aromas that are flowery, citrus, fruity or herbal and, (c) hops have an antibiotic effect that favors the activity of brewer's yeast over less desirable microorganisms. While hop plants are grown by farmers all around the world in many different varieties, there is no major commercial use for hops other than in beer. I hope it will help you.
2006-12-02 13:50:15 · answer #2 · answered by carmen d 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
hop: twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
2006-12-02 13:46:28 · answer #3 · answered by debbie2243 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hops are a flower used in beer for several reasons they act as a preservative because they add acidity, they are also used for bittering to balance out the un fermented sugars they are also used for aroma.
2006-12-02 15:05:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a flower that is used for flavoring and stability in beer ingredients.
2006-12-02 13:50:54 · answer #5 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are a plant.
Speaking of that commercial, that gray haired guy who says"Don't be afraid of a little flavor man" looks real hot to me for some reason.
2006-12-02 13:45:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
a type of grain that gives beer a bitter taste
2006-12-02 13:45:25 · answer #7 · answered by Jess 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
hops are what make you-HOP OUTTA THE STOOL AND GO TO THE BATHROOM - SO THE MORE HOP'S THE MORE-BEER THEY SELL-get-it !! L.O.L. !!
ACTUALLY THEY JUST MAKE THE SOUR-TASTE MORE PLEASANT AND THE FOAM (HEAD ) A LITTLE FIRMER !
2006-12-02 14:00:57 · answer #8 · answered by luke m 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hops are one of the many different types of grains you use to brewing beer.
hops
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wheat
2006-12-02 14:36:15 · answer #9 · answered by Wicked 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They are marketing Alcohol to the Black/Asian American or anyone that might be interested in the flavor of Beer.
Alcohol only brings you misery and bad health.
It is one of the ways to control the Human Populus...
2006-12-02 13:46:56 · answer #10 · answered by skystriker65 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋