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After receipt of payment we will dispatch the atlas to you.

We would like to point out that this extensive reference work is free of charge for universitities and professional schools, however there is a maximum of two copies per year.

Atlas Summary

Wherever beer is produced around the world, regardless of the type or brand, it is hops which preserve it and make it bitter. Unlike malted barley, which can be replaced by rice, wheat or maize, hops have no natural substitute as a raw material for brewing.

This was not always the case. Long ago, almost until the end of the Middle Ages, various plants or parts of plants were used by brewers to preserve their beer. In the end, however, their choice fell upon the hop which has since accompanied beer as it has spread throughout the world.

This book is the first to devote itself to the historical development of hop growing worldwide both in the former and in the present hop growing countries. This comprehensive reference work contains detailed descriptions of the geography of the hop-growing countries, such as location, climate and soil conditions, presents the peculiarities of hop growing in the different regions and provides information on their economic, political, cultural and agro-economic environments.

In the introductory chapters the reader is given a comprehensive survey of the hop plant, its cultivation and the way in which it has been and is marketed.

In our experience, the subject of beer is of interest not only to the brewer but also to the beer drinker, as the many books on the subject show.

This atlas is intended to extend the range of works on this subject with "hops - brewer's gold".