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Beer Release: Hedgerow Bitter from Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project

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Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project is pleased to announce the arrival of our latest seasonal: “HEDGEROW BITTER”, brewed entirely with UK dwarf hop varieties, otherwise known as “hedgerow hops”. Unlike the well known British ales that sport this moniker, this is an intensely bitter, dry pale ale. Hedgerow may confound and discombobulate, but we think you’ll take it in your stride. It’s definitely not the sort of beer we’re normally accused of making!

Pretty Things Ale and Beer - Hedgerow Bitter


About Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project:

Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project, based in Cambridge Massachusetts, is a gypsy brewery, without a permanent brewing home. We like it that way, we can be whatever we want to be on a shoestring budget. What more do you want than that?

Our flagship beer is Jack D’Or. Jack is the mournful grain of barley you can see to the right. He is the soul of beer, nature’s magician, creating sugar from starch and bringing together the Pretty Things to produce the substance we adore: beer.

About Full-size and Hedgerow Hops

Traditional hop bines can grow as high as thirty feet high, and hops grow best when allowed to grow almost straight up. This means that extensive scaffolding must be prepared, and special ladders and equipment must be used to harvest them.

Recently, British hop growers have begun experimenting with hops bred to be shorter, known as hedgerow hops or dwarf hops. These hops grow to heights of 10 feet or less, but produce the same hop yield as conventional plants. This allows them to be grown, harvested and processed more cheaply and easily and with more automation.

Originally known as “dwarf hops”, British growers are now attempting to rebrand these varieties as “hedgerow hops”. They have quickly been adopted by many English growers, and hop products and, in the case of Summit, rhizomes, are beginning to be available to homebrewers. Many in the industry feel that because of the superior economics for growers, hedgerow hops will replace a significant amount of current hop production.
(from wikipedia)

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