What do hops do in beer and how are they normally used? How are ...
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Hops <strong>are</strong> usually dried immediately after harvest<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
preserve them for use for the com<strong>in</strong>g year.<br />
Green <strong>hops</strong> <strong>are</strong> fresh, undried <strong>hops</strong> <strong>used</strong> <strong>in</strong> brew<strong>in</strong>g<br />
very soon (under 12 hours <strong>in</strong> Kent) after be<strong>in</strong>g picked.<br />
<strong>What</strong> <strong>do</strong> <strong>hops</strong> <strong>do</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>beer</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>how</strong> <strong>are</strong><br />
<strong>they</strong> <strong>normally</strong> <strong>used</strong>?<br />
Hops add flavour <strong>and</strong> aroma to <strong>beer</strong>, <strong>in</strong> a similar way season<strong>in</strong>g<br />
with herbs <strong>and</strong> spices adds to a dish when cook<strong>in</strong>g. Also as <strong>in</strong><br />
cook<strong>in</strong>g there <strong>are</strong> flavour differences between us<strong>in</strong>g dried <strong>hops</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> fresh, or green, <strong>hops</strong>.<br />
Hops <strong>used</strong> to be dried <strong>in</strong> Oast Houses, although today this<br />
usually happens <strong>in</strong> kilns. After dry<strong>in</strong>g <strong>they</strong> <strong>are</strong> made <strong>in</strong>to bales<br />
or pockets <strong>and</strong> sold to a hop merchant who <strong>in</strong> turn sells them<br />
on to brewers to make <strong>beer</strong> <strong>in</strong> the com<strong>in</strong>g year.<br />
<strong>How</strong> <strong>are</strong> green hop <strong>beer</strong>s different<br />
from conventional dried hop brews?<br />
Just like herbs <strong>in</strong> cook<strong>in</strong>g, us<strong>in</strong>g fresh <strong>hops</strong> creates a different<br />
taste <strong>in</strong> <strong>beer</strong> than dried <strong>hops</strong> <strong>do</strong>. This is because <strong>hops</strong> <strong>are</strong> full of<br />
flavour-rich oils, but many of these <strong>are</strong> driven off by the dry<strong>in</strong>g<br />
process. Green <strong>hops</strong> reta<strong>in</strong> all the oils, the flavours of which <strong>are</strong><br />
then transferred to the <strong>beer</strong>. The other th<strong>in</strong>g that makes green<br />
hop <strong>beer</strong>s special is that each one is unique. You literally can’t<br />
make the same <strong>beer</strong> twice as each batch of fresh <strong>hops</strong> br<strong>in</strong>gs a<br />
different taste to the <strong>beer</strong>, even if it is the same variety from the<br />
same hop garden.<br />
So each Kent Green Hop Beer you taste will be one-of-a-k<strong>in</strong>d<br />
<strong>and</strong> genu<strong>in</strong>ely limited edition!<br />
Why is Kent Green Hop Beer<br />
Fortnight at this time of year?<br />
Hop harvest beg<strong>in</strong>s early <strong>in</strong> September <strong>and</strong> Kent<br />
Green Hop Beer is a truly seasonal dr<strong>in</strong>k. As soon<br />
as brewers <strong>are</strong> able to get fresh, ripe <strong>hops</strong> <strong>they</strong><br />
make <strong>beer</strong> with them. Around a month later it is<br />
ready to dr<strong>in</strong>k. Be<strong>in</strong>g a seasonal product it is best<br />
enjoyed fresh, so late September to early October<br />
is the natural time to enjoy these <strong>beer</strong>s!<br />
Where can I taste<br />
Kent Green Hop Beer?<br />
Kent Green Hop Beer Fortnight will beg<strong>in</strong><br />
at Canterbury Food & Dr<strong>in</strong>k Festival on<br />
Friday 28th September.<br />
This is the only time all the <strong>beer</strong>s brewed for<br />
The Fortnight will be available <strong>in</strong> the same<br />
place at the same time.<br />
Kent Green Hop Beer will also be available <strong>in</strong><br />
local pubs so visit our website <strong>and</strong> follow us on<br />
Twitter for news of where to get our brews!<br />
Keep up to date via Twitter<br />
@KentGreenHop #KGHB<br />
www.kentgreenhop<strong>beer</strong>.com
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<strong>What</strong> breweries <strong>are</strong> mak<strong>in</strong>g Green<br />
Hop Beer, <strong>and</strong> where <strong>are</strong> <strong>they</strong>?<br />
More than 20 breweries <strong>are</strong> tak<strong>in</strong>g part <strong>in</strong> the Kent<br />
Green Hop Beer Fortnight, rang<strong>in</strong>g from the small to the<br />
very large, each creat<strong>in</strong>g their own one-of-a-k<strong>in</strong>d brew!<br />
Abigale Brew<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Black Cat Brewery<br />
Canterbury Ales<br />
Canterbury Brewers<br />
Tir Dha Ghlas<br />
Goachers<br />
Goody Ales<br />
Hop Fuzz<br />
Kent Brewery<br />
Millis Brew<strong>in</strong>g Co<br />
Nelson Brew<strong>in</strong>g Co Ltd<br />
The Old Dairy Brew<strong>in</strong>g Co Ltd<br />
Old Forge Brewery<br />
Shepherd Neame<br />
Swan on the Green<br />
Ramsgate Brewery<br />
Ripple Steam<br />
Royal Tunbridge Wells Brew<strong>in</strong>g Company<br />
Tonbridge Brewery<br />
Wantsum Brewery<br />
Westerham Brewery Co Ltd<br />
Ashford<br />
Groombridge<br />
Canterbury<br />
Canterbury<br />
Dover<br />
Maidstone<br />
Herne<br />
Hythe<br />
Birl<strong>in</strong>g<br />
South D<strong>are</strong>nth<br />
Chatham<br />
Cranbrook<br />
Mersham<br />
Faversham<br />
West Peckham<br />
Ramsgate<br />
Ripple, Dover<br />
Tunbridge Wells<br />
Tonbridge<br />
Canterbury<br />
Edenbridge<br />
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Dartford Gravesend<br />
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Sevenoaks<br />
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Tonbridge<br />
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Tunbridge<br />
Wells<br />
Rochester<br />
Pad<strong>do</strong>ck<br />
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- It must only use <strong>hops</strong> grown <strong>in</strong> Kent<br />
Goudhurst<br />
Gill<strong>in</strong>gham<br />
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Chatham<br />
Staplehurst<br />
- The <strong>hops</strong> must go <strong>in</strong>to the brew with<strong>in</strong> 12 hours of pick<strong>in</strong>g<br />
- The only exception to this is use of some dried <strong>hops</strong><br />
for ‘bitter<strong>in</strong>g’ – which must also be from Kent.<br />
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<strong>What</strong> makes a Kent Green Hop Beer?<br />
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Kent<br />
Tenterden<br />
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Faversham<br />
Ashford<br />
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Hythe<br />
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Whitstable<br />
M20<br />
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Herne<br />
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Canterbury S<strong>and</strong>wich<br />
Folkestone<br />
Herne Bay<br />
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Dover<br />
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Margate<br />
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Ramsgate<br />
Deal<br />
Kent Green Hop Beer<br />
Fortnight will beg<strong>in</strong> at<br />
Canterbury Food & Dr<strong>in</strong>k<br />
Festival on Friday 28th<br />
September 2012.
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