Who uses English hops?

[An Ankoù]

https://vinepair.com/articles/wa-beer-pros-underrated-and-overrated-hops/

Have just been reading this article and we Brits, posting on another forum, were wondering whether U.S. brewers made much use of English hops, either for English styles or other styles.
I speculated that EKGs and Fuggles were probably well known, but that others were probably unknown or niche. What do the brewers of America say on the matter?

 

[day_trippr]

I dunno, when you start poking around those lists it's more head scratching than illuminating, imo. Though I do agree with one point:

“Sabro. I would posit that this hop, while being unique and having the possibility of awesome coconut character, has a razor-thin line between making a beer better and making a beer worse.”

 

[mac_1103]

Yeah, EKG and Fuggle pretty regularly. Picked up a pound of closeout Target at YVH a while back, but haven't tried it yet.

 

[JohnA]

EKG and Fuggles here, too, but just for British styles so far. I tried to find Bramling Cross for my Butty Bach but was unsuccessful. Which others should we definitely explore, and for what?

 

[Cheshire Cat]

EKG and Fuggles here, too, but just for British styles so far. I tried to find Bramling Cross for my Butty Bach but was unsuccessful. Which others should we definitely explore, and for what?

If you can’t get Bramling then use East Kent Golding.

 

[An Ankoù]

EKG and Fuggles here, too, but just for British styles so far. I tried to find Bramling Cross for my Butty Bach but was unsuccessful. Which others should we definitely explore, and for what?

It's hard to recommend a particular hop as they're pretty recipe dependent. if I were to make a single hop, English bitter, I'd be looking at Challenger for bittering and any one of a number of hops for late additions. I see Northern Brewer do target ad First Gold; I find Target can be a bit coarse if overdone.
Here's a list and these guys at Crossmyloof Brewing (I have no commercial attachment to them) will ship worldwide, but you may have to pay import duty.

https://www.britishhops.org.uk/varieties/

https://www.crossmyloofbrew.co.uk/shipping-and-terms

I get my New Zealand and Australian hops from Beerco in Australia and it's cheaper than sourcing them locally so there's nothing odd about sourcing from the other side of the world. They haven't got many UK hops, though.

 

[MaxStout]

EKG and Fuggles here, too, but just for British styles so far. I tried to find Bramling Cross for my Butty Bach but was unsuccessful. Which others should we definitely explore, and for what?

Northwest Hops has Bramling Cross, but shipping from Canada might be steep.