Hop Extract

Why do so many German breweries use hop extract? It seems that every brewery that utilizes it makes a pretty sub par product. It is just for ease of brewing at the factory breweries?

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Cheaper than whole hops or hop pellets and easier to use, consistent (even more so than pellets) and simple to store before usage.

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I hate that stuff!

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It’s been a while but since the thread is active again and just for sake of completeness, I should point out that this is not true in general. Counterexamples of excellent beers which have hop extract on the ingredients list are Witzgall and Griess.

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I recently had a beer which contained a new hop, which was a liquid hop. The hop plant pisses it out or something. Can’t really remember.

I’ll get my coat.