Purveyors of Fine Hops

A flowery, grapefruit-like aroma with medium bittering value that is gaining acceptance as a substitute for Cascade due to its citrus nature.

The perfect answer for those times when you’re jonesing for a sweet hop hit, offering all the kick of Cascade hops without the buzz.

Flowers, citrus & spice with notes of grapefruit create the wonderful bouquet of Cascade hops.  Homebrewer’s #1 hop.

Flowers, citrus & spice with notes of grapefruit create the wonderful bouquet of Cascade hops. Very good grower.  Homebrewer’s #1 hop.

Flowers and citrus are the most evident aromas.  It has a medium aroma with mid to high bittering value. Often times referred to as Super Cascade.

A pine forest washed with exotic spice infused with grapefruit.

Citra is a high alpha Hallertauer hybrid. This hop imparts interesting citrus and tropical fruit characters to beer.

Use a clip gun to insert the hop clip which holds the hop twine in the ground.

A delicate blend of spices and flowers with a low bittering value.

A good-yielding, vigorous triploid aroma-type cultivar released in 1993, half-sister to Mt. Hood, Liberty & Ultra.

CTZ stands for Columbus, Tomahawk, and Zeus. High on the bittering scale yet also valued for its oil content. An interesting dichotomy of sharp and herbal.

Fuggle hops offer a classic English aroma with a moderate bittering value. Fuggle hops offer pleasant wood and fruit tones which will have you heading off to the hunt.

The dominant hop variety in England for 70 years until high alpha varieties were introduced. A low-to-moderate yielding aroma variety that matures early to mid-season.

Golding is an old school English aroma hop with flowery notes that have produced some of England’s best bitters.

Golding hops consist of a group of traditional English aroma varieties that have been cultivated since 1790. Clones of the variety mature at various stages over the harvest period. A moderate-to-high-yielding aroma variety first planted in the US in 1995 and continues to grow in popularity despite susceptibility to mildews and wilt.

“Hallertauer Mittelfrüh” is the traditional German name for this low-yielding aroma variety which is rapidly disappearing due to disease susceptibility (no longer planted in Verticillium wilt-threatened area). Medium to late harvest maturity.

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A clip gun (sold separately) and hop clips make stringing a breeze.

Hop hash is mainly lupulin that shakes out of the dried hop cones as they head up a conveyor belt to the baler. A blend of about 10 varieties.

Steam-distilled Cascade oil in alcohol imparts aroma and flavor but no bitterness. Handy when all you can find is hopless beer.

Made from the coir fiber of the coconut husk and imported from Sri Lanka. Commercial Growers have been using Coir Yarn for years. A bundle of coir is made up of 10–20 foot strings.

Aged low alpha hops.

Prized for its high bittering value. The aromatic nature is one of spice and citrus.

Simcoe’s daughter with earthy, grassy, herbal, citrus, cedar, tropical, spice and stonefruit notes adding to the pine-based pungency. A complex modern gal!

Mt. Hood is a hybrid of Hallertau with similar mild flower/spice aroma characteristics with a hint more of the forest. “Clean” commonly describes it.

Hallertauer hybrid that was released in 1989 from the USDA breeding program in Oregon. More vigorous and disease resistant than its German counterparts with low alpha acids, beta acids and cohumulone but high humulene content.

A plucky American filly found herself an affable English suitor and the happy union was this well-adapted hop with its neutral, clean aroma and slightly higher-than-average bittering value. Dual purpose.

Nugget was introduced in 1970 via the USDA.  It has a strong herbal/slight spice aroma and high bittering value.

A high-yielding, high alpha, vigorous, disease resistant variety that has become Oregon’s second most widely-grown hop since its release from the USDA breeding program in 1983. It has significant acreage in Washington State as well. Low cohumulone percentage and good storage capability.

Perle is a palate-pleaser with its moderate, clean bittering qualities and refreshing, spicy aroma.

Moderate, clean bittering qualities and a refreshing, spicy aroma.

The vines (bines) are rather big so it is not inexpensive to ship especially to the east coast.  All vines shipped Ground UPS. Consider planting your own hop rhizomes in the spring also.

Saaz is the Old World steadfast standby made famous by Pilsner Urquell. It possesses the aromatic blend of earth and spice notable in European pilsners.

Simcoe is a patented variety that is quickly finding its way into the hearts of bitter-loving craft brewers. Intense pine aroma adds to the fresh, youthful vigor.

An aroma variety with good to moderate vigor and good resistance to Verticillium Wilt.

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A new variety released in 2016 by the USDA Hop Breeding program in Corvallis, OR.

Challenger was bred at Wye College using Northern Brewer and a German variety in 1961. A popular English beers, its’ flavor is smooth, with floral character and some spice.

An English Svalof cross selection related to Saxon bred at Wye college. (Usually just referred to as Viking)  It has an unusually higher alpha acids profile than most aroma types.  Moderate yield.