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common hop

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Also known as: Humulus lupulus

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brewing

In beer: Hops
Several varieties of hops (Humulus lupulus) are selected and bred for the bitter and aromatic qualities that they lend to brewing. The female flowers, or cones, produce tiny glands that contain the chemicals of value in brewing. Humulones are the chemical constituents extracted during wort boiling. One fraction of…
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characteristics

In hop
…flower clusters (cones) of the common hop (H. lupulus). The Japanese hop (H. japonicus) is a quick-growing annual species used as a screening vine.
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