Those of you out there who like beer, know what hops are. Probably anyone reading this blog must know by know at least a little about the wonders of hops, those resinous flowers we’ve been using for hundreds of years to bitter, and sometimes to flavor and aromatize, our beer. Well, a few weeks ago Miss Jiwaku and I made an unusual use of hops: we made some hand soap with some old hops. I had a few grams of some old Willamette hops, and some very old Cascade leaf hops — though the later, I discovered, is old enough …