Ontario District

The document explores the complexities of beer brewing, particularly focusing on the role of hops and rice bran in enhancing flavor and bitterness. It discusses the extraction of humulones during the brewing process and how rice bran can act as a nonpolar solvent to improve the extraction of alpha acids, which contribute to the beer's bitterness. The author shares insights from experiments that indicate a 29% increase in finished beer IBU's when rice bran is incorporated, although the expected increase in bitterness was not fully realized due to fermentation dynamics and yeast interactions with alpha acids.