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		snappy173 on Jan 24, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Craft Beer Is the Strangest, Happiest Economic Sto... or macro-brewed lagers. bud used like a dozen different hops in their flagship beer in order to reduce the effect if a particular hop is unavailable.

throwaway5752 on Jan 24, 2018 [–]

Yup. But I also understand that some of them use hop oil extracts (could be wrong). Never tried it, but I have to think it loses some of the nuance of whole leaf or pellet in the process. Which is fine, they are optimizing for consistency and scaling. McDonalds vs Five Guys.

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