Hop

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Hops is a perennial plant with a climbing stem that grows spontaneously on the edge of the woods up to 1500 meters above sea level in Europe, North America and Asia. It has a thin stem up to 10 meters long and covered with stiff hairs, hop plants are divided into male and female plants. Only the female plants produce the flowers (cones) which are used for brewing or for medicinal use. These cones are harvested without the stem, dried and then beaten to obtain the lupulin, a yellow, sticky, very bitter powder with a spicy and resinous smell which is precisely one of the main ingredients of beer, giving it the characteristic bitter taste and protecting it from bacterial contaminations.

However, hops are also used in medicine for their sedative properties, as they are effective in counteracting states of anxiety and restlessness, nervous excitement and insomnia. In cosmetics, hops are used to revitalize and restore firmness and luminosity to mature skin thanks to the high presence of proteins and antioxidants, precious in safeguarding the collagen fibers from damage caused by free radicals, preserving the structure and function of the connective tissue. It also gives a natural shine to the hair and helps stimulate the metabolic functions of the superficial tissues of the scalp, thus allowing the hair to grow stronger and faster. In fact, it is particularly recommended for those with fragile and breaking hair.

The Il Mastio brewery owes its name to the keep, the main tower of a medieval castle, of the fortress of Urbisaglia (in the province of Macerata), the historic and cultural center of the Marche region. It was born after a journey of about 10 years of sacrifice and passion, and after about 2 years of start-up phase in which the young owners, two authentic brothers from the Marche region, modernized the laboratory and put it up to standard. The beers are made in compliance with the most ancient brewing tradition, combining the scrupulous search for genuine raw materials of the local area with the advanced technology of the machinery. All the beers produced in their brewery are raw and therefore unpasteurised, top fermented and unfiltered. They are refermented in the bottle or in the cask and, especially during the maturing, they are enriched with those flavors and aromas that make them unique in their kind. The name already suggests that it is a brewery closely linked to the territory and its history, and in fact the main objective of the two young brothers is to express simplicity and typicality of the territory of origin through beer.