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KevyWevy

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Hey guys. New to the forum. Just curious if you could help me identify a variety of hops. I got some rhizomes from a local herb garden, but the variety wasn't listed. the garden has been there at least since 1995... don't know how long the hops have been there, but probably since the beginning.

Time for pictars!!! :ban:

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leaves...
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they smell different than both my cascades and chinooks. nugget perhaps?


pictures of my chinooks...

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and pictures of my hop yard (these were taken at the end of July)...

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any thoughts? thanks guys!
 
Not Nugget. Those cones are too long and narrow for nugget. My nuggets are very compact and round. I recommend taking a sample to a homebrew shop or brewery and asking some of the experts.

Good luck!
 
when you hit 25 posts the pics will show. I just went through the same issue recently. I have Galena and it's not that either. process of elimination?:p
 
yeah. hahaha. i have galena, chinook, mt hood, willammette, cascade, nugget (the pictures i've seen online of nugget are much different than what i have), centennial, and horizon. at least two plants of each.

oy...
 
The third picture of cones reminds me of the Zues that I grew here for the first time this year, and the leaves are definately similar. Zues is grouped together with Tomahawk and Columbus as "one" variety grown on different farms. Could be...... My Zues smelled a little skunky from the get but produced a tremendous amount of very large cones for the plant's size (1.5 oz. dried from a plant that got about six feet tall). Lupulin level, color, and aroma should help narrow it. Most of the ultra-high AA% hops grown in the US seem to have a bit of skunkiness to them from my experience. HTH
 
Hallertauer Magnum has huge cones like that. Do any of the cones have tiny leaves (angels) in them? Very common with Magnum.
 
Hallertauer Magnum has huge cones like that. Do any of the cones have tiny leaves (angels) in them? Very common with Magnum.


My Zues had these as well as my cascade this year david.

david_42 seems to know his stuff so I'd suspect magnum as well OP.
 
Went out to finish the harvest and the first cone I grabbed at had gone angel. Glad I checked this post before I went out.

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Notice the green leaves coming through the yellow cone?

This is a cascade plant.
 
a few of my unknown hops had some angel wings, but my chinooks had more wings than the unknown.

magnum sounds like a good fit. the variety has been around since the 80's, is late ripening which is what my plants are showing, and they look pretty similar to the pictures i've been able to find.
 
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