Hops facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hops
Common Hop plant (Humulus lupulus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Cannabaceae
Genus:	Humulus L.
Species
Humulus lupulus L. Humulus japonicus Siebold & Zucc. Humulus yunnanensis Hu

Hops are the flowers of the hop plant, which are in the humulus genus. Hops look like little cones, and are used to make beer. They give the beer a bitter flavor. They have been used to make beer for many centuries, and were used by the Romans in the Roman Empire.

Images for kids

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  Hop flower in a hop yard in the Hallertau, Germany

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  Fully grown hops bines ready for harvest on the Yakama Indian Reservation

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  Humulus on a house

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  Early season hop growth in a hop yard in the Yakima River Valley of Washington with Mount Adams in the distance

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  A superstructure of overhead wires supports strings that in turn support bines

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  Hops harvest in the Kingdom of Bohemia (1898)

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  Hops harvest in Skåne, Sweden, in 1937

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  Puget Sound region, Washington, ca. 1893

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  Isomerization scheme of humulone

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  Hops sample at the Moscow Brewing Company

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  Mature hops growing in a hop yard in Germany

See also

In Spanish: Lúpulo para niños