Scut_Monkey

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I've recently been trying to educate myself on hops and water minerals. This allows me to not study about medicine even though I'm taking the boards in 2 weeks. Anyways my question..... is the current trend to breed hop varieties with higher alpha acids with the same flavor/aroma as lower alpha acid hops? Seems like new varieties are being bred just didn't know where the trend was heading. Thanks!

david_42

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The trend is towards High Alpha hops as this results in more bittering compounds per acre. OSU has been the focus for hop breeding in the US. They have a monster 19.8% hop waiting to be released. Flavor and aroma is less subject to controlled breeding.

More than you'll ever want to know about hop breeding.

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