Comment on Five things our research uncovered when we recreated 16th century beer (and barrels)
DrFuggles@feddit.de 5 months ago
I was wondering how hops was sourced back in the in colder climates! Like, they brewed beer in fairly northern cities even back then, where hops availability was probably limited. I wouldn’t have guessed they sourced it from abroad (here: probably Belgium or NL) rather than omitting it.
MuteDog@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Hops grow better in northern latitudes (within reason), they generally need longer summer days in order to produce flowers. People have successfully grown hops in Scandinavian countries (and not just southern Denmark). You probably can’t grow them in Svalbard tho.