Where can I find Warrior and Columbus/Tomahawk hops?!

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Col Robinson

Where can I find Warrior and Columbus/Tomahawk hops?!

Post by Col Robinson » Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:57 am

Hi all

Extensive googling has turned up nothing so I'm not hopeful but it's worth a try - I'm after some Warrior and some Columbus hops (I read Columbus are the same as Tomahawk hops) and I was wondering whether anyone could tell me where I can buy them online or mail order? A couple of sites offer Columbus/Tomahawk but the minimum order is 5Kg, I'm after 2-300 grams. I've not been able to track down 'Warrior' hops anywhere.

Or, would anyone care to suggest alternatives?

Reason I want them is I recently sampled 'Snake Dog IPA' from Flying Dog brewery in Denver and it's by far and away the best bottled IPA I can remember drinking. Whilst I'm not into cloning, these hops are used in brewing Snake Dog along with Goldings, and I'd like to have a mess around with them.

Thanks in advance for all contributions.

Col
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steve_flack

Post by steve_flack » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:14 am

They'll be pretty rare at the moment because of the hop shortage - as far as I know noone in the UK sells them anyway. Ross at craftbrewer in Australia still has columbus hops but sold out of Warrior ages ago. AFAIK Warrior is used almost exclusively for bittering so you could sub it with some other high alpha hop (Magnum, Nugget etc) - if you could find them. Maybe some of the higher alpha NZ hops might be a suitable sub as well but you'd have to look into those yourself as I've never used them in such an assertively hopped brew.
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mysterio

Post by mysterio » Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:47 pm

Good luck finding magnum & nugget, too :?
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mysterio

Post by mysterio » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:14 pm

Just noticed http://www.beertech.co.uk/ sell Columbus pellets.
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steve_flack

Post by steve_flack » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:17 pm

...and Magnum.
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mysterio

Post by mysterio » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:21 pm

:wall yeah, and Magnum too.
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Col Robinson

Post by Col Robinson » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:09 pm

Brilliant! Thanks very much for your help. :D
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steve_flack

Post by steve_flack » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:30 pm

mysterio wrote::wall yeah, and Magnum too.
Not any more they don't....
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Post by Rookie » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:47 pm

If you have access to a garden plot you may want to consider growing your own.
I have goldings and sterlings in my back yard. I'm seriously thinking of adding at least one more kind this year.
I'm just here for the beer.
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Col Robinson

Post by Col Robinson » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:14 pm

If you have access to a garden plot you may want to consider growing your own.
I've thought about this in the past, but not for long; growing them would seriously limit my choice of hops I can use for brewing, as I'd feel duty bound to use as much of my own crop as I could - waste not want not, and all that.
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