US Tettnag alpha acid content... what dee ef?

[DVCNick]

I buy these by about the half pound normally and I'm used to AA content indicated in the 4.x range.
Well I got a new pack yesterday and this one say over 13%?

Does that sound reasonable?
If so I assume I'll have to adjust my recipes.

 

[day_trippr]

No, it does not sound close to US Tettnanger at all. I've never seen more than 6% AA content, and that was unusually high.
More likely an error. Who's the vendor?

Cheers!

 

[Kenmoron]

That sounds like a missprint, which has been known to happen. I would advise contacting the vendor.

 

[DVCNick]

Northern Brewer... I guess I should contact them.

 

[Vale71]

Did you by chance get Type45 pellets? Those have twice the alpha than Type90 and if that is combined with a particularly good crop then 13% could be possible. Either that or it's a typo.

 

[DVCNick]

The website description says 3.5-6%.
The only odd marking on the bag is "HP65E" if that means anything?

 

[Jim R]

NB lists HP65E as the retail sky (scanning code) of their Tettnang hops. They definitely are not 13% AA.

 

[DVCNick]

Yeah I googled it and found it as the SKU on a different website. It was in the normal range on the other website. I'll just assume it's a misprint.