Hops comparison table

[oFobrewing]

Hi Guys

I recently received one ZEITH rhizome (from the UK) which is growing nicely, but there is little to non information related to it.

Alpha acid: 9 - 12%
Beta 3%
Good Aroma ----??????
Difficult to find

Does anyone know this variety?

Thanks in advance.

 

[hopkins11]

Did the links on page 1 go bad?

 

[sweetcell]

Did the links on page 1 go bad?

the first two links work. but the last set, for the PDFs, are indeed dead.

for now i've taken down the PDF links. please consider using one of the other formats. you could always download the XLS and make a PDF...

 

[Scuba_Steve81]

Thank you for this! Very helpful. I already planted my rhizomes, but am relived that I made at least some good choices!

 

[nagmay]

I recently received one ZEITH rhizome (from the UK) which is growing nicely, but there is little to non information related to it.

Do you mean Zenith?
http://allgrain.beer/hops/zenith/

 

[pshankstar]

Sweetcell, thanks for creating this awesome spreadsheet! I want to start growing some hops next year so this will help me out a lot!!

This forum is invaluable!!! I will be a paid member soon b/c of all the great people and knowledge they share!! [emoji106]

 

[brewcat]

Just a suggestion for a couple columns. Maturity and cone structure.

I got this from a thing Freshops sent me a few years ago.

Brewers Gold
mid to late
outward bracts
Cascade
mid
elongated
Centennial
mid
medium, dense
Chinook
mid to late
long and outward bracts
Crystal
mid to late
medium, oval
Fuggle
early
small, light
Kent Golding
mid
medium-compact, plump
Hallertauer
early
loose, small, light
Magnum
mid to late
long, tight
Mt. Hood
mid
medium, compact
Northern Brewer
mid
medium, compact
Nugget
mid
long, tight
Sterling
mid
medium, compact
Sunbeam
early
small, oval
Willamette
mid
medium, round, light

 

[sweetcell]

Just a suggestion for a couple columns. Maturity and cone structure.

I got this from a thing Freshops sent me a few years ago.

awesome, thanks for sharing the info! i contemplated adding information like this when i first put the spreadsheet together, but:

maturity: highly dependent on your growing conditions. where i am (maryland), i consistently get two harvest a year from all my plants. sorta blows up the concept of early/late...

cone structure: interesting information, but is it useful? does anyone pick variety X over Y because of the shape of the bracts?

 

[brewcat]

awesome, thanks for sharing the info! i contemplated adding information like this when i first put the spreadsheet together, but:

maturity: highly dependent on your growing conditions. where i am (maryland), i consistently get two harvest a year from all my plants. sorta blows up the concept of early/late...

cone structure: interesting information, but is it useful? does anyone pick variety X over Y because of the shape of the bracts?

Two harvests during the same growing period I assume. Maturity certainly is relative for location. I'd think varieties would still be early to late, just have different starting dates. It may be useful in determining whether the hop will grow good in a particular location.

I'd think cone structure would only be useful for identification purposes.

 

[thaymond]

I'd think cone structure would only be useful for identification purposes.

I wonder if structure might be more useful for harvesting purposes on a large scale. Cones that are round could be easier to harvest than cones that have flared bracts (like chinook) or have rectangular or odd shapes to them.

I know I pick them by hand, at or around labor day. Shape has no real bearing for me in the application stated above, but I can visibly see my Zeus cones have a different shape than my chinook. It's more difficult between any of my other varieties, though. Zeus looks like nugget, which can look like cascade.

I can ID them easier now from their aroma, which is vastly different from these 3 varieties.

 

[Cainmos]

I wonder if structure might be more useful for harvesting purposes on a large scale. Cones that are round could be easier to harvest than cones that have flared bracts (like chinook) or have rectangular or odd shapes to them.

I know I pick them by hand, at or around labor day. Shape has no real bearing for me in the application stated above, but I can visibly see my Zeus cones have a different shape than my chinook. It's more difficult between any of my other varieties, though. Zeus looks like nugget, which can look like cascade.

I can ID them easier now from their aroma, which is vastly different from these 3 varieties.

From what I've read cone structure has a roll with automated picking and can also impact drying. When cones are "loose" you tend to have more that are damaged but they dry faster and more evenly than "tight" cones.

 

[Apimyces]

Extra info request, if anyone has the time: ploidy. Is it a diploid, a triploid, or some other polyploid?

 

[Northern_Brewer]

I recently received one ZEITH rhizome (from the UK) which is growing nicely, but there is little to non information related to it.

That must be Zenith, one of the later Wye hops. Decent resistant to mildew but a lack of wilt resistance was probably the reason it never really took off. See here.

Extra info request, if anyone has the time: ploidy. Is it a diploid, a triploid, or some other polyploid?

I happened to come across this today, which has ploidy and parentage for a whole bunch of hops :
https://www.agriculturejournals.cz/publicFiles/236831.pdf

 

[Apimyces]

I happened to come across this today, which has ploidy and parentage for a whole bunch of hops :
https://www.agriculturejournals.cz/publicFiles/236831.pdf

Well, wow, that's awfully convenient! Haha!