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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR HOPS

Admiral - An English bittering hop

Ahtanum- An American aroma-type variety , similar to Cascade.

Amarillo - Popular American mid-range alpha variety

Brewer's Gold - British bittering hop developed in 1934 from Bullion. Occasionally used as aroma variety with noble hops.

Cascade - Very successful and well-established American aroma hop developed by Oregon State University's breeding program in 1956 from Fuggle and Serebrianker

Centennial - American aroma-type variety bred in 1974 and released in 1990. Similar to Cascade and Chinook.

Challenger - English hop with fresh pine notes. Introduced in 1972.

Chinook - American cross between Petham Golding and a USDA-selected male. Typical American citric pine hop with notable grapefruit and pineapple flavours.

Cluster - Originated from mass selection of the Cluster hop, which is an old American cultivar.

Columbus - A high yielding, high alpha acid American bittering hop. Also known by the trade name Tomahawk.

Crystal - An American triploid variety developed in 1993 from Hallertau, Cascade, Brewer's Gold and Early Green. Quite aromatic, fruity.

Eroica - A strongly flavoured bittering hop used in wheat beers.

First Gold - English dwarf hop. A cross-pollination of Whitbread Golding variety and a dwarf male.

Fuggles - Main English hop developed late 19th century. Considered by some to be less refined than Goldings, others prefer its juicier, more woody character.

Galena - American bittering hop developed from Brewer's Gold by open pollination in the state of Idaho.

Glacier - . Mild bittering and soft, fruity character with hints of apricot and pear.

Goldings - The traditional and very popular English aroma hop. Developed in 1790. Soft, earthy, vaguely farm-like aroma.

Greenburg - American Hop found in southern Idaho. Fruity and woody flavors.

Hallertau - The original German lager hop

Hersbrucker - Noble hop used in German pale lagers. Noted for grass and hay aroma.

Horizon - American high alpha cross made in Oregon in 1970 from Nugget. Soft bitterness.

Liberty - American cross between Hallertauer Mittlefrüh and downy mildew resistant male, developed in 1983.

Lublin - The grassy, hay-like signature of Polish lagers. The bitterness is slightly harsher than noble varieties, but the aroma is a little bit softer.

Magnum - A bittering/aroma type cultivar,

Millennium - Bittering variety, bred from Nugget and with similar characteristics.

Mount Hood - Soft American variety developed from Hallertau. Frequently used in styles that require only a subtle hop aroma.

Herald - An English aroma and bittering hop;

Newport - American bittering hop.

Northdown - Dual purpose hop in England developed in 1970s, with a Northern Brewer-like bitterness, and soft aroma.

Northern Brewer - Developed in England in 1934 from a cross between a female hop of wild American parentage and an English male.

Nugget - Bittering hop.

Pacific Gem - bittering hop from New Zealand.

Palisade - American cross of Tettnager and open pollenation w/ good aroma characteristics.

Perle - German dual-purpose hop, with floral, spicy aroma.

Pioneer - English hop; a sister of Herald. A clean, soft and rounded bitterness with a recognisable English aroma.

Pride of Ringwood - Infamous Australian hop. Used extensively in Australian pale ales and lagers.

Progress - Higher alpha English hop developed in the 1960s as a replacement for Fuggles.

Saaz - Noble hop used extensively in Bohemia to flavor pale Czech lagers

Santiam - American floral aroma hop

Satus - A bittering-type cultivar of recent origin.

Select - German disease-resistant Hallertauer and Spalt pale lager variety developed in early 1990s.

Simcoe - . Distinctive passionfruit flavour and aroma where Simcoe hops are utilised late in the boil

Spalt - Traditional German noble hop, with a delicate, spicy aroma.

Sterling - American floral hop released in 1998. A cross between Saaz and Mount Hood

Strisselspalt - French aroma hop from Alsace, used mostly in pale lagers.

Styrian Goldings - Slovenian variant of Fuggles. Used in English ales and Belgian strong ales

Target - Dusty, earthy English hop bred from Kent Goldings.

Tettnang - Noble German dual use hop used in European pale lagers, sometimes with Hallertau. Soft bitterness.

Tomahawk - Bittering hop. Same as Columbus.

Tradition - . Grassy like Hallertau, but easier to grow.

Vanguard - American aroma cross developed from Hallertau in 1982.

Warrior - New American bittering hop,

Willamette - Popular American development in 1976 of the English Fuggle. Mild aroma hop, with an herbal, sometimes gently fruity character.

Zeus - American aromatic high-alpha hop with noticeable bitterness. Similar, if not identical, to Columbus/Tomahawk.