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Hops
Humulus.jpg
Common Hop plant (Humulus lupulus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Cannabaceae
Genus:
Humulus
Species

Humulus lupulus L.
Humulus japonicus Siebold & Zucc.
Humulus yunnanensis Hu

Hops are the flowers of the hop plant, which are in the humulus genus. Hops look like little cones, and are used to make beer. They give the beer a bitter flavor. They have been used to make beer for many centuries, and were used by the Romans in the Roman Empire.

Images for kids

  • Hopfendolde-mit-hopfengarten

    Hop flower in a hop yard in the Hallertau, Germany

  • Hops on the Yakima Reservation

    Fully grown hops bines ready for harvest on the Yakama Indian Reservation

  • Decorative Hops

    Humulus on a house

  • Yakima-Valley-Hop-Yard

    Early season hop growth in a hop yard in the Yakima River Valley of Washington with Mount Adams in the distance

  • Chmelnice

    A superstructure of overhead wires supports strings that in turn support bines

  • Kratky, Frantisek - Sklizen chmele (ca 1898)

    Hops harvest in the Kingdom of Bohemia (1898)

  • NMA.0063746 Humleplockning mellan Vånga och Näsum

    Hops harvest in Skåne, Sweden, in 1937

  • Indian hop pickers, Puget Sound region, Washington, ca 1893 (LAROCHE 78)

    Puget Sound region, Washington, ca. 1893

  • Reaction-degradation-humulone

    Isomerization scheme of humulone

  • Hops are used for beer brewing

    Hops sample at the Moscow Brewing Company

  • Hopfengarten

    Mature hops growing in a hop yard in Germany

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