Hops native to Colorado??

[dustinpettit]

Are there any Hop varieties that originated or are native to Colorado? Working on a recipe with "Colorado roots".

 

[ColoHox]

The only hops that are native to the US are Humulus lupulus var. neomexicanus, lupuloides, and pubescens. Neomexicanus has been found to grow naturally on Colorado's western slope.

I think Taos Mesa brewing in NM was using it. There seemed to be some interest in native hops for a while.

 

[FarmerTed]

Crazy Mountain makes a neomexicanus pale ale that's pretty good, but I think they get the hops from New Mexico.

 

[chip82]

There are apparently some growing wild hops near boulder.

http://www.ars-grin.gov/cor/reprints/hopexpedition2002.pdf