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High-tech hops in Spain preserve the bitterness of beer while adversely affecting the climate

Hops are the delicate, papery flowers or cones of the hop plant (Brais Lorenzo) that contain resins and essential oils. It’s a freezing, foggy morning outside the warehouse in northwestern Spain, but it’s warm inside, where warmth and LED lights keep 360 hop plants blooming as if it were late August. Mounted on a towering… Read More »