Beer Brewing

Ekuanot and Idaho 7 are two of the most complex-fruited American hop varieties of the last decade — both producing multi-layered fruit profiles that go beyond the single-note intensity of Citra or the dank complexity of Simcoe.

Mandarina Bavaria and Huell Melon are two modern German hop varieties that broke dramatically from the Noble hop tradition — both developed at the Hüll Research Institute in Bavaria, both producing intense fruit character that is unexpected from a Ge

Cluster and Galena are two of the oldest continuously-grown American hop varieties — both pre-date the craft beer revolution, both built the American commercial brewing industry’s hop character for most of the 20th century, and both are largely invis

Pride of Ringwood and Super Pride are Australia’s two most important bittering hops — both bred at the Hop Products Australia research program in Tasmania, both carrying the specific resinous-herbal character of traditional Australian hop brewing, an

Styrian Goldings and Bobek are Slovenia’s two most important export hop varieties — both grown in the Savinja Valley of Slovenia, both contributing to the tradition of Central European hop cultivation that feeds the European lager industry.

Target and Challenger are two British high-alpha hops that were developed to bring bittering efficiency to English ale brewing at a time when the UK hop industry needed varieties that could compete with imported high-alpha American and German hops.

Northern Brewer and Perle are two classic dual-purpose hops that have built careers as reliable workhorses in German and American brewing — both moderate alpha, both producing clean bittering with enough late-addition character to justify their prese

Willamette and Glacier are two American hops that occupy the earthy, soft end of the US hop spectrum — both low-alpha, both producing woody-herbal-earthy character that makes them natural fits for English-style ales and American craft beers that lean

Motueka and Riwaka are New Zealand’s two most widely exported hop varieties beyond Nelson Sauvin — both bred at Plant and Food Research in Nelson, both producing the distinctive Southern Hemisphere citrus-tropical character that distinguishes New Zea

Sabro and Talus are two of the newer American hop varieties that have generated serious excitement among craft brewers — both produce coconut and creamy tropical character that is genuinely unusual in the hop world, and both are now widely …