Abstract :
The hops plant agriculture which are used in various purposes from time immemorial in ancient Egypt and greek has been done since the 14th century. Later ıt has spread to main parts of World and Europe particulary, being the first place in England.The first hops tries started in 1930s and the years of the second world war in Turkey. As these trials remained inconclusive, the new trials within the scope of Ministry of Agriculture started again in Turkey enclosing the Bilecik city in 1955. As the best results have been obtained round Bilecik, since 1965 in Turkey just in this city hops has been cultivated.Containing one of the most important substances, hops is one of the most essential components for production of beer in Turkey and in the World, by means of some chemicals it gains bitterness, aroma and conservation features to beer. The production of hops in Turkey conducts by one the biggest beer producer, TARBES and OTGÜL COOP. Within Efes Pilsen connected to Anatolia peer companies.Although increase in the amount of beer production progressively makes demans high for hops, because of reasons such as high cost of production, being kept prices low by purchaser institutions for some years, deprived of government promotion,pursuiting becoming hard,the development of hops cultivation has failed to reach the desired level.In this article, ıt has been studied on the point of geography view the natural and human geographical features of hops production in Bilecik city, the importance of it in Turkey’s production, ıts usage parts,the reasons and results of changes in production by evaluating the results obtained proposals to solve problems have been presented.
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Bilecik , Hops , Production , Brewery
