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Alcohol Glossary

Hops

Production and ingredients

Summary: Hops are a brewing ingredient boiled with wort before it is cooled and fermented with yeast to become beer.

Reference: Case Study: Brewery (opens in a new tab)

University of Bristol · Reference checked 21 July 2026

Where to look: Body paragraph beginning Brewing is pretty much the traditional definition

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