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The strig is important to the hop cone because without the strig, there would be no cone or anything to hold the cone to the hop bine. The lupulin glands, those golden nuggets of hoppy goodness, are nestled at the base of the bracts and bracteoles. The hop cone contains a central stem, or “strig,” that connects all of the “petals,” called bracts and bracteoles. The first step of the pellet process is converting bales into hop powder. Hop extracts are made from hop pellets (because the small, dense pellets are much easier to handle than cones). The new bales are then transferred to cold storage where they await shipment to breweries using hop cones, or to processing plants that convert whole hops to pellets (there are a few farmers who skip the bailing process and go straight from the drying floor to the pelletizer, but this is far less common). It is imperative for hops to be harvested at just the right time and quickly processed into bales, because a delay at this stage can be detrimental to hop quality. The cones are then loaded into the kiln, dried, and then (usually) compressed into hop bales for storage. #DOWNLOAD VIDEO KLIP DADALI DISAAT SENDIRI 3GP SERIES#A series of specialized machines strip cones and leaves from the bine, and the cones are separated from the leaves. #DOWNLOAD VIDEO KLIP DADALI DISAAT SENDIRI 3GP FREE#Hops are harvested by cutting the entire bine (vine) free from the trellis and hauling this long plant into the hop processing shed. This all makes more sense if the process of converting hop cones to pellets is briefly reviewed. At first glance it seems that the process used to make T45 pellets is only half as efficient as the T90 process, but when the alpha acid content is evaluated the difference has nothing to do with inefficiency T45 pellets contain about double the alpha acids from the same cone hops as do T90 pellets. One pound of whole cone hops yields about 0.9 pound (0.4 kg) of pellets in the case of T90 pellets, and 0.45 pound (0.2 kg) of pellets in the case of T45 pellets. The “T” in T90 and T45 pellets is an abbreviation for “Type,” and the general designation relates the weight of the pellet to the whole hops coming into the process. ![]() If you've ever wondered what these "T" values mean here is a great explanation from BYO.com's Ashton Lewis: ![]()
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