You've been hearing this talk about Imperial Yeast for a while now, and that's because we absolutely love the stuff.

With 200 billion cells in each Pitchrite pouch, we rarely need to make starters these days.

While originally based out of Portland, Oregon, Imperial Yeast is expanded to the East Coast,

meaning even more people have access to their incredible lineup of yeast,

including popular strains, like AO7 Flagship, A38 Juice, AO9 Pub, and a Bruloscopy favorite L-17 Harvest.

So, so good.

Whether you brew at home or on the commercial scale, Imperial Yeast has what you need to make the best beer possible.

You can check out all of their available strains and start your planning at Imperial Yeast.com.

Used at various points in the brewing process, hops are an essential ingredient in beer,

contributing bitterness, aroma, and flavor.

As anyone who has ever grown their own as well aware, they can be used right off the vine,

though most brewers rely on hops that have gone through some sort of processing.

You're listening to the Bruloscopy podcast, I'm your host, Marshall Shot,

and on this episode, I'm joined by contributor Will Lovell, the chat about the two most common forms

hops come in, which is whole cone and pellets.

Oh man, hops are always fun to talk about. It doesn't seem to matter if you're

primarily an IPA brewer, or maybe you get more fun.

They have more fun brewing things like paleoggers, or maybe you're an English ale kind of guy,

but there's so many rabbit holes to go down the discussion of hops.

So, I'm super excited to talk about whole cone versus pelletized hops and whether or not

that is extra steps and pelletization may have flavor impact.

Absolutely, and I couldn't agree more. You know, hops, you don't have to love hops,

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