TOPIC:

"Tube":30el8keu wrote:
[One thing that always struck me as odd tho: if you want a passion fruit flavour in your beer, could you not just use passion fruit juice alongside an existing hop, instead of citra? And so on for the other onese...][/quote:30el8keu]
I guess we'll find out this year

"Biertourist":3oy43h3q wrote: Sounds like a good time to try and track down the new Solvenian and Czech varieties on the cheap: dana, harmonie, agnus and rubin. -Never heard of ANY of them before.


Adam[/quote:3oy43h3q]

&amp;quot;Spud 395&amp;quot;:3oy43h3q wrote: I think that may have been one of the bits Critch added himself <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->[/quote:3oy43h3q]

It's not; those are real varieties.

Agnus, Harmonie, and Rubin are all Czech varieties.
Agnus was a new alpha (bittering) variety in 2000 (available in pellets)

Harmonie was a new aroma variety released in 2004. -Looks like a 50/50 cross between Saaz and Sladek to me. Looks to be a really good aroma hop as the amount of oils is higher than Sladek.

Rubin was a new bittering variety released in 2007. CZHops.cz says that it has a "fine bitterness with longer dying away in comparison to Saaz"$$ I'm not sure what that means but I assume it means better flavor stability.

The usual stats can be found at the Czech Hop union site here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.czhops.cz/index.php/en/czech-hop-varieties">www.czhops.cz/index.php/en/czech-hop-varieties

Or in the Atlas of Czech hop varieties, here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.chizatec.cz/atlas_odrud_chmele.htm">www.chizatec.cz/atlas_odrud_chmele.htm



"Dana" was harder to track down but it's Slovenian and is officially called "Ekstra Styrian Dana". A dual-purpose cross between Hallertau Magnum and an unnamed (probably numbered) Slovenian hop. It was both bred and is grown in Slovenia. 11%-16% AA, very good storage stability. "Intense hop aroma". <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.hmezad.si/hops/hop-varieties/ekstra-styrian-dana">www.hmezad.si/hops/hop-varieties ... yrian-dana

By the look of things this should be a great year to get familiar with the Czech, Slovenian, and Polish hops (although I am afraid that there won't be too many exciting aroma varieties).


Adam

&amp;quot;Tube&amp;quot;:2laj8vm4 wrote:

&amp;quot;Spud 395&amp;quot;:2laj8vm4 wrote: where there will be problems is in the new craft market varieties such as amerillo, simcoe(up57% acreage) and ahtanum and citra(up 90% acreage)[/quote:2laj8vm4]
This is the reason any brewer should stick with non-proprietary hops, or at least ones that have a secure supply if they must use proprietary.

The open-source hops will always be readily available and cheap.[/quote:2laj8vm4]

You might be right; especially as the mega brewers start brewing craft beer knock-off and get exclusive contracts for these already difficult-to-find hops, pushing the small craft brewers out.


Adam

&amp;quot;Biertourist&amp;quot;:17qlsba0 wrote: Rubin was a new bittering variety released in 2007. CZHops.cz says that it has a "fine bitterness with longer dying away in comparison to Saaz"$$ I'm not sure what that means but I assume it means better flavor stability.
Adam[/quote:17qlsba0]
Saaz has notoriously poor storage properties so my guess is rubin does indeed have better stability.


Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk