What is your favourite English hop variety?

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Re: What is your favourite English hop variety?

Post by TC2642 » Thu May 29, 2014 10:35 pm

critch wrote:
TC2642 wrote:Challenger is the best all round flavour for both bittering and aroma IMO
ive only ever used it for bittering, ill give that a go!
I think you'll like it, I mainly use new world hops but if there's enough quantity you can get some really nice flavours.
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Re: What is your favourite English hop variety?

Post by Morten » Thu May 29, 2014 11:16 pm

I have to go with pioneer!

But I am a huge fan of the citrussy hops.

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Re: What is your favourite English hop variety?

Post by Rookie » Fri May 30, 2014 10:37 pm

You can't go wrong with goldings.
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Re: What is your favourite English hop variety?

Post by analogsynthman » Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:48 am

Challenger is my favourite closely followed by EKG.
I love the subtleties english hops add to ale, sadly most micro brewers round here seem to blast you away with all that citrus and pineapple

It's a task trying to find a traditionally hopped english ale from most of my local micro's.

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Re: What is your favourite English hop variety?

Post by simple one » Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:42 pm

Progress is a nice hop. Very hard to pin a flavour description.

That or ekg.

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Re: What is your favourite English hop variety?

Post by boingy » Sun Jul 13, 2014 11:26 pm

Cascade.
Local English Cascade.

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Re: What is your favourite English hop variety?

Post by seymour » Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:47 am

simple one wrote:Progress is a nice hop. Very hard to pin a flavour description.
Hey, speaking of which, do you grow your own Progress? If so, how does it perform?

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Re: What is your favourite English hop variety?

Post by simple one » Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:27 pm

Yes it's growing, however it is only the first year in the ground. It's throwing off a few cones, which will be thrown in to the mix.

I think it's used quite often in Black Sheep beers.

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Re: What is your favourite English hop variety?

Post by DeGarre » Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:51 am

Northdown and Bramling X.

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Re: What is your favourite English hop variety?

Post by seymour » Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:22 pm

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Re: What is your favourite English hop variety?

Post by asd » Tue Apr 14, 2015 8:46 pm

Goldings are a group of hops - for instance, I am growing Mathon, Redsells goldings, and Cobb Goldings. As I am growing in Norfolk, U.K. they can't be EKG, but the principle is the same!

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Re: What is your favourite English hop variety?

Post by Clibit » Tue Apr 14, 2015 9:34 pm

asd wrote:Goldings are a group of hops - for instance, I am growing Mathon, Redsells goldings, and Cobb Goldings. As I am growing in Norfolk, U.K. they can't be EKG, but the principle is the same!
Do you know how much they vary in brewing terms, asd?

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Re: What is your favourite English hop variety?

Post by asd » Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:36 am

Clibit wrote:
asd wrote:Goldings are a group of hops - for instance, I am growing Mathon, Redsells Goldings, and Cobb Goldings. As I am growing in Norfolk, U.K. they can't be EKG, but the principle is the same!
Do you know how much they vary in brewing terms, asd?

Hi,

I've only just planted them! if I get enough, I'll have to do a SMASH with each of them, and report back.

This is a three part blog on the origins, history and current status of Goldings - it is really good!
http://edsbeer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/f ... e-hop.html

http://edsbeer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/g ... dings.html

http://edsbeer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/g ... n-age.html


Cheers,

Simon.

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Re: What is your favourite English hop variety?

Post by oakerspocus » Wed Apr 15, 2015 6:22 pm

I love bramling cross....

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