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>I have a personal theory that the overwhelming aroma and taste of hops in a beer can be used to mask many errors and missteps in the brewing process, which mig
by scottlocklin 7y ago
>I have a personal theory that the overwhelming aroma and taste of hops in a beer can be used to mask many errors and missteps in the brewing process, which might be more easily tasted by the customer if it were, for example, a weissbier.
It's not just your personal theory! It's absolutely correct. In my neophyte brewing years if something came out bad, I'd just chuck more hops in the carboy and call it an IPA (back when it was rare and unusual).
It's also arguably not very good for men. Hops are fairly estrogenic. Might help with post-menopausal bone density though! https://www.naturalmedicinejournal.com/journal/2010-04/beer-drinking-and-bone-density https://www.naturalmedicinejournal.com/journal/2010-04/beer-...
- amyjess 7y ago> Hops are fairly estrogenic. Phytoestrogens don't really work on humans though. They mostly just antagonize the estrogen receptor, which means they bind to the receptor without activating it. This means they can actually be harmful to women on HRT because they make the HRT less effective.
- FooHentai 7y agoBut isn't the net effect of that still going to be making men more sensitive to estrogen? I don't know if it's comparable, but my understanding is that over time caffeine's binding to adenosine receptors causes more receptors to be produced, leading to increased sensitivity to adenosine and so you get more drowsy than you otherwise would when caffeine's not present. If that same effect applies to estrogen receptors, that would make men more sensitive to estrogen?
- scottlocklin 7y agoIt caused premature menstruation in girls picking hops. It works on humans. https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/120078-hops-and-women-8217-s-health https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/120078-hops-and-women-8...