OMEGA HOPS

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norman

OMEGA HOPS

Post by norman » Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:27 am

Has anyone come across a supply os this variety.Shepherd Neame is the only brewery I have seen mentioned to use it.

Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:13 am

Omega (United Kingdom)
Specifications
Aplha Acids: 8.0-9.0%.

characteristics: Some Challenger characteristics.

Additional Information: Getting rarer, so try it before it disappears!

Examples: Bunce's Brewery Best Bitter, Benchmark, and Old Smokey; Crouch Vale Brewery Kursaal Flyer.
Information source: Skotrat

Virtually nothing out there on this one, never mind rare, I think it's gone extinct.

You could try the breweries of the above ales for a supply, wherever they may be :wink:

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Post by Andy » Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:12 am

Bunces brewery aka Stonehenge Brewery nr Salisbury Plain. I was drinking their Old Smokey a couple of weeks ago :)

norman

Post by norman » Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:58 am

Yes never ever seen supplies on sale in homebrew shops even when the hop first appeared some years ago.Maybe not disease resistant or produces low crops.

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