Possibly one of South Africa’s most unique hop varieties. Unlike most high-alpha varieties, African Queen possess a considerably rich and complex aroma. Developed by SAB Hop Farms in George, South Africa, African Queen was created by hop breeders Gerrie Britz and Beverley-Anne Joseph. Development began in 1998 and concluded with its commercial release in 2014. So potent is African Queen’s …
The Most Popular Beer Hops of July 2016
Each month we look at the most popular beer hops being searched for by brewers around the world. Our latest infographic outlines the new top 8 trending hop varieties for the month of July, 2016. The top 3, Cascade (US), Citra® and Chinook remain largely unchanged from June. These are clearly monsters of the industry and remain unchallenged at the …
The most popular hops of June 2016
We get hundreds of search queries each day at Hopslist. It’s clear looking at this data that some hops are unequivocally more popular than others. In an effort to highlight these trends, here is an infographic — something I’d like to release every month — detailing which hop varieties are indeed the flavor of the day. Honourable mentions to Centennial …
Jester®
Developed by Charles Faram & Co Ltd in the UK, proprietary hop Jester® brings with it distinct flavors and aroma qualities quite different to that of tradition English hop varieties. These unique characteristics include forward and robust notes of tropical fruits, grapefruit and blackcurrant and even hints of Lychee. It is considered most useful as a mid to late addition …
Styrian Wolf
Developed by the Slovenian Institute for Hop Research and Brewing, Styrian Wolf is one of the latest Styrian hops on the market. When brewed, expect intense fruity and floral notes. These include flavors of sweet tropical fruits and complex aromas of mango, elderflower and even a hint of violet. Commercially, the variety is being experimented with a growing number of …
Fantasia®
A proprietary blend created by the Barth-Haas group, Fantasia® claims to bring a cream and caramel character to your brew. Other observations have suggested that while this might be the case on some level, it has a much more significant profile of fruit and classic European noble characteristics. Want this hop? Browse our recommended stockists below. Also Known As Characteristics …
Eureka
With similarities to Simcoe® and Summit™ hops, Eureka is a fairly new variety with very strong bittering qualities and a complex and robust flavor and aroma profile. It is said to impart flavors of citrus, resin, tropical and dark fruit along with aromas of grapefruit rind, citrus and tangerine. It is the progeny of varietals Apollo and Merkur. Want this …
Coigneau
Originating from the 18th century, Belgian Coigneau hops have largely disappeared. Light on bitterness, Coigneau hops were often employed in Lambic beers and to a lesser extend, Pilsners. In 1930, the commercial crop of Coigneau was all but replaced by Green Belle with the last plots disappearing in the 1950’s. Recently however, the variety has been rediscovered from within the …
Caliente
Caliente means “hot” in Spanish. That is, temperature hot and not spicy hot. It isn’t clear exactly why this particular variety was named that but it appears to be reasonably well received by the craft brew market featuring in quite a few commercial brews to date. There is some difference of opinion on it’s exact tasting notes but it has …
Buzz Bullets
Buzz Bullets is a proprietary blend created by Yakima Valley Hops. It is said to have a clean bitterness and impart some floral and citrus notes. Want this hop? Browse our recommended stockists below. Also Known As Characteristics Floral and citrus notes Purpose Bittering & Aroma Alpha Acid Composition 8%-10% Beta Acid Composition Co-Humulone Composition Country US Cone Size Cone …