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WUERTTEMBERGER Alpha acids: 5% Beta acids: 4% A 17th century German Hop. Originates from Wuerttemberg Swabia (around Stuttgart). This is a very old and rare cultivar, which has been genetically improved by traditional agriculturalists, but has not been influenced by modern breeding practices...

This is quite fascinating a red Chinook! I have bred two hops that had initially red cones, only one of which had a good aroma. It is red as an immature cone but the red fades right out when full size, see pictures. Immature Cone: Mature size 'red' cones with smaller reds circled: Ask 'Wolfy'...

Mature hops, grown at latitude 35S.CascadeChinookSaazHersbruckerPerleHallertau

Hi Guys, I have enjoyed looking through your hop pictures :) Found some very early burrs yesterday on a 'red' hop I have bred, unnamed as yet, referred to as 'red' because of its young red cones ...they slowly go to green when full-sized. Plant is in its third season and these are the two...

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Sandy Ross of Hopco Pty Ltd has stated: "Vienna Gold was a fancy name invented by Max Cleary from Australian Hop Marketers. A customer wanted to make his beer sound more fancy so they simply renamed the hop that was in it. That hop was Cluster." Sandy Ross Managing Director Hopco Pty Ltd...

These caterpillars are very hard to spot, they are very small initially and match the leaf colour perfectly. Here is a mature one that I caught chomping on my hop, I reckon it is around 50 times the size of the little ones. I checked my leaves for the source of the mysterious damage many...