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2008-06-11 -Obits-

Hops 'guru' Francis Lloyd Rigby dies at 89 in Yakima

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-06-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Most beer styles call for two additions of hops, one at the beginning of the boil (for bittering) and another at the very end (for flavor and aroma).

His developments for high-alpha hops were very much a boon to homebrewers. These varieties permit the use of far less hops for bittering beer, allowing the homebrewer to get away with a smaller hop bill and more latitude in use of flavoring hops.

Further advances in hybrids which owe their existence to this guy's work are resulting in better multi-use hops that have high alpha content and at the same time have excellent flavoring and aroma characteristics, something that was vanishingly rare in any variety until a short time ago.

The American hops industry is far advanced relative to other hop growing nations, most of which are content to grow varieties which have been around for centuries (Australia and NZ are exceptions).

Posted by no mo uro 2008-06-11 06:49|| 2008-06-11 06:49|| Front Page Top

#2 I shall have a beer in his honor. Seems only right.

Posted by Mike 2008-06-11 06:50|| 2008-06-11 06:50|| Front Page Top

#3 I've got this theory that beer kept European civilization alive, just as tea kept Chinese civilization alive.
Putrid drinking water would have have wiped out or massively decreased both, otherwise.
Anyhow, Vale cobber, RIP

Posted by tipper 2008-06-11 12:37|| 2008-06-11 12:37|| Front Page Top

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