Humulus Lupulus
Updated: Feb 1, 2023
Rhizomes unleashing the strength of Gods
Humulus lupulus, wolverine bine
Reaches for the sky
We watch and wonder how and why?
Wild hops growing in the hedgerows
The shoots a royal medieval treat
Medicinal properties many
Pickled, a modern acoutrement for your food
Hops harnessed for preservation powers
Domesticated and farmed
The perfect partner for beer's sweet malt
Bitter and tasty to a fault
Disease and Prohibition killed New York's hop farms
Turn of the century moving West
Yakima Valley turns out best
Microbrewing revolution
Brings hops back to the fore
Lupulus love affair more and more
An old English style back in the day
Comes back strong – everything IPA
Double, triple, quadrupel, imperial,
IBUs beyond the taste threshold, bitterer the better
New generation hop farmers get infected
With curiousity, crossing hop strains
Developing new flavors for eager brewers
Wrecked palates welcome new fruity flavors
Tropical - grapefruit, citrus, pineapple, passionfruit
Citra, Mosaic, El Dorado, Cashmere, Triumph
Unlimited choices and combinations
New German hops - Mandarin Bavaria, Huell Melon, Lemondrop
Southern hemisphere, Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy, Motueka, Vic Secret
A new way to brew...aroma, aroma
Hops at the end or even cold side
Humulus Lupulus enjoys the new world
As do its cousins Indica and Sativa
Modern medicine finds new benefits
Artist brewers have an endless pallet
To paint paradoxical tonics of pleasure
That we can all enjoy at our leisure