But we homebrewers of the world choose to learn, experiment, and ultimately brew our own! It’s my hop, I mean hope (Freudian slip), that this article will help you make amazing hop water at home and inspire you to experiment like I did.īefore we jump in, I do want to thank the crew at Lagunitas, specifically their brewing R&D team for letting me brew a batch of hop water with them and teaching me some of the steps that go into making their delicious Hoppy Refresher. I assume you agree with me, you’re reading a magazine called Brew Your Own, right? Sure we can find excellent beer in every city across this fine nation and beyond, and companies like Lagunitas and others make excellent hop water found in most local grocery stores. But if you enjoy hops and sparkling water, chances are you will like hop water.įor me, crafting something myself is just as fun and rewarding as enjoying the finished product. I am not going to say hop water is a beer replacement it’s definitely not. If you haven’t tried one, I would recommend it. For me that was Hoppy Refresher from Lagunitas Brewing Co. Like learning about making most anything new, it started with inspiration coming from trying a fine example. I’ve been brewing a lot of hop water lately and it’s led me to learn how to make a mighty fine one at that. Well technically that’s not true, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves yet. The difference is, none of these batches had any sugar that got converted into alcohol. In fact, I have brewed more batches of cold, carbonated, hoppy goodness the last few months than I did this same time last year. One of the ways I’ve done this is by trying to cut back on my beer intake I know, blasphemy right? Especially for someone who works at a company called MoreBeer! But just because I’m drinking a little less, doesn’t mean I need to stop crafting my own delicious beverages. I recently took my 45th trip around the sun and like many my age, I’m trying to be a little healthier as I get older.
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