Hops and method of making same

摘要

Dried and comminuted hop strobiles are mixed with an inert inorganic adsorbent, such as bentonite, and pressed to form cubes, slabs, pellets etc. which may be stored in containers under vacuum or in an inert gas atmosphere. The addition of the adsorbent improves the storage life of the pressed hops in terms of preserving the bitter substances, and further accelerates the disintegration of the pressed hops during wort boiling.