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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…