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- Hops - Cream (2 oz, ZIN: 428612): Although we associate hops with traditional English beer, the plant is a comparative newcomer, introduced from Germany in the 16th century. Enthusing about the hop's many virtues, John Gerard, writing in 1597, urges that "beer" be considered a "physical drink to keep the body in health [rather] than an ordinary drink for the quenching of our thirst". A few years earlier in 1562, William Turner noted in his "New Herbal" that he was amazed that, given the herb's
Hops - Cream (2 oz, ZIN: 428612)
