SC - Re: liqueurs

[Jenne Heise]

> <<  Hops does not
>  appear to be used much early on >>
> Actually, from my understanding, hops were used early on. They were used as a 
> potherb and medicinally. Agreed, they were not used for brewing early on but 
> other plants were used in their place. It appears that hops were eventually 
> relegated to brewing because they possessed all the qualities of the other 
> herbs used earlier and they grow fast enough that commercial brewers took an 
> interest.

Hildegarde of Bingen's _Physica_ mentions hops used for brewing (12th
century German). 

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