Jester
Hop Variety
Jester
Origin
UK
Alpha Acid %
7 - 9%
Beta Acid %
4 - 6%
Background
Jester are a very new release of English hop at the time of writing this in 2015 they are only really available to home brewers…
Boadicea
Hop Variety
Boadicea
Origin
UK
Alpha Acid %
7 - 10%
Beta Acid %
3 - 4%
Composition
Total Oil: 1.4 - 2ml / 100g
Co-Humulone: 26%
Myrcene: 33%
Humulene: 20%
Farnesene: 5%
Selinenes: 5%
Background
Boadicea…
Target
Hop Variety
Target
Origin
UK
Alpha Acid %
8.5 - 13.5%
Beta Acid %
4.0 - 5.7%
Background
Target are another variety of hop bred by the Hop Research program at Wye College and was released in 1972. A cross between Northern…
First Gold
Hop Variety
First Gold
Origin
UK
Alpha Acid %
6-8%
Beta Acid %
3.5%
Background
First Gold is a dwarf variety of hop meaning they could be grown on shorter trellis meaning less labour and maintenance (pesticide) costs.…
Challenger
Hop Variety
Challenger
Origin
UK
Alpha Acid %
6-9%
Beta Acid %
4%
Background
Challenger is another British hop developed at the Wye college and was released commercially in 1972. Like many variations of hop it was…
Fuggles
Hop Variety
Fuggle
Origin
UK
Alpha Acid %
3 - 6%
Beta Acid %
2%
Background
Fuggle was introduced to the brewing world around 1875 by a man named Richard Fuggle after he selected the variety as a seedling found growing…
Admiral
Hop Variety
Admiral
Origin
UK
Alpha Acid %
13.5 - 16%
Background
Admiral was originally intended to replace Wye Target as a high alpha acid hop variety used for bittering. It didn’t really take hold in the way it was intended…
Bramling Cross
Hop Variety
Bramling Cross
Origin
UK
Alpha Acid %
5-8%
Beta Acid %
3%
Background
As the name suggest Bramling Cross is a hop a variety that crosses varieties, one being a popular Golding hop clone called Bramling and the other a Canadian…
East Kent Goldings
Hop Variety
East Kent Goldings
Origin
UK
Alpha Acid %
4-5.5%
Beta Acid %
3.5%
Background
There are a many hops that come under the name Goldings and East Kent Golding may be the most widely known of all of them named after the grower…