Sealed hops
As Siegel hops is in Germany for cultivation or region of origin certified Real hops referred. According to the Hop Act ( HopfG ), which has existed since 1996 , only hops produced in the areas that have been combined to form seal districts may be designated as seal hops.
history
The world's first "hop seal" was awarded in 1538 in the Eichstätt Monastery of the Franconian town of Spalt by the then sovereign, the Eichstatter Prince-Bishop Christoph von Pappenheim .
In 1929 the first German Hop Origin Act (law on the designation of origin of hops) was enacted, which is still considered to be the basis of the reputation of German hops for quality, and on whose principles the European Hop Market Organization of 1971 is based. According to the law, certain places had the right to seal or seal the sacks with the dried hop cones prior to marketing and thereby protect them from quality adulteration, for example through mixing. The sealing, which also guarantees quantity and quality, is no longer done by sealing wax , but u. a. adhesive seals provided with barcodes and numbers . Information on the country of cultivation, cultivation area, seal district, harvest year , variety and quantity as well as a reference number are also noted on the accompanying documents.
Certification process
The certification system for "German Seal Hops" (DSH) has two levels. Tests are carried out by hop rings and seal communities; A distinction is made between unprocessed hops (abbreviation NA) and processed hop products such as hop extract or hop pellets .
seal
Seals contain the following information:
- variety
- Harvest year
- Seal district
- Growing area
- Gross weight
- Reference number
- Land of cultivation
Individual evidence
- ↑ spalterhopfen.com - The history of Spalter hop cultivation (with image of the Spalter seal)
- ↑ hvg-germany.de - Hop growing, history
- ↑ Agricultural Heritage Initiative - Siegenburg Local History Museum: Hop weighing and sealing hall from 1842
- ↑ hvg-germany.de - Hop Origin Act
- ↑ a b Ludwig Hörmansperger: Traceability from the counter to the hop garden. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Hopfenring Hallertau, lecture at the general meeting of the Society for Hop Research e. V. on March 25, 2004 in the German Hop Museum in Wolnzach.
