HOPS PELLET & CO2 HOPS EXTRACT
FOR YOUR GREAT BEER!
Slovenia is Europe’s third largest hops producer (and sixth in the world). Most Slovene hops are exported to premium breweries in Belgium and Germany. Agricultural Association of Petrovče is one of the largest producers in Slovenia.
Our primary focus is Big Breweries, Micro Breweries, craft-breweries. We also sell to distributors, home-brew supply stores and home/hobby brew enthusiasts.
* Actual number varies by crop year due to weather pattern and a little by the farm also (based on micro-climate). Contact for specific numbers for a given year/order.
WIKI:
Hops are the female flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant, Humulus lupulus.
They are used primarily as a flavoring and stability agent in beer, to which they impart a bitter, tangy flavor, though hops are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine.
In the Middle Ages beers tended to be of a very low alcohol content (small beer) and were commonly consumed as a safer alternative to untreated water.
Each village tended to have one or more small breweries with a barley field and a hop garden in close vicinity[citation needed].
Early documents include mention of a hop garden in the will of Charlemagne’s father, Pepin III. However, the first documented use of hops in beer as a flavoring agent is from the 11th century[citation needed].
Before this period, brewers used a wide variety of bitter herbs and flowers, including dandelion, burdock root, marigold, horehound (the German name for horehound means “mountain hops”), ground ivy, and heather.
Hops are used extensively in brewing for their antibacterial effect that favors the activity of brewer’s yeast over less desirable microorganisms and for many purported benefits, including balancing the sweetness of the malt with bitterness, contributing a variety of desirable flavors and aromas[citation needed].
Historically, traditional herb combinations for beers were believed to have been abandoned when beers made with hops were noticed to be less prone to spoilage.