SC - Re: liqueurs
Jenne Heise
jenne at tulgey.browser.net
Thu Jun 29 06:04:39 PDT 2000
> << 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).
Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise jenne at tulgey.browser.net
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