The Early History of Hops

larsga@garshol.priv.no (Lars Marius Garshol)
2022-12-06 10:15:00 CET

One of the biggest mysteries in the history of beer is where and when people started using hops in beer. We still don't really know the answer, but we do know some things, and what we know is quite different from the history of hops as most people understand it. So I wanted to straighten out the record a little bit. But before we get into that, let's set the context.