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The document explores sustainability within the brewing industry, emphasizing the importance of raw materials like malt and hops. It defines sustainability as maintaining ecological balance and avoiding resource depletion, introducing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a method to evaluate environmental impacts. The text highlights the carbon footprint associated with malt and hops production, presenting statistics on emissions from the U.S. hop industry and discussing a project that investigates kiln temperature effects on hop varieties, including experimental designs and results related to hop chemistry and enzymes across two harvest years.%0aAdditionally, the analysis delves into hop processing, particularly the influence of kiln temperature on maltose and glucose production in various hop varieties. It discusses sensory results from tests on hop grinds and single hop IPAs, revealing that higher kiln temperatures can enhance energy efficiency while modestly affecting hop chemistry. The research aims to further investigate energy efficiency and environmental impacts in hop farming, including carbon capture, while also addressing the complexities of measuring hop oil efficiency in beer production.