Hop-tastic chemistry

With St Patrick’s day rolling around for another year, on 17th March we will once again join the Irish in celebrating their national day that many like to adopt no matter what their nationality! The most popular drinks enjoyed are dominated by stouts – deeply coloured, highly bitter, mild alcohol content and full of bubbles, each glass of stout is a sensory overload, so I wanted to quickly delve into the chemistry of these stouts, that are so synonymous with Ireland and St ‘Paddy’s’ day. The...