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All the hop varieties below are suitable for making Lagers & Pilsners. The fruity ones are generally used for NZ & Pacific Pilsner style beers. The citrus/floral ones are most suited to International Lagers.
NEW WORLD - CITRUS & FRUITY:
NZ Pilsners utilise Riwaka and Motueka as standard with newer hops like Tropadelic, Tangerine Dream, Fathead, Bombastic & Exotique being used to add new flavours and dimensions to the style.
INTERNATIONAL - CITRUS - FLORAL:
Golding & Fuggle have become popular in the UK for making lagers while Liberty, Mount Hood, Pacifica, Perle & Wakatu are popular in the USA, Australia & NZ.
MOTHER: RIWAKA | FATHER: MALE STOCK
Purple Haze is named for it's deep purple bine and massive growth habit. In a beer it has soft bittering and gives the impression of lime sherbet with floral & spice undertones. We make a lager with Purple Haze hop cones that tastes fresh and refreshing just like your favourite Mexican or Japanese lager or Steinlager with a bit of attitude. It is also useful hot side for making West Coast Pilsners and Hazy IPA's.
MOTHER: RIWAKA | FATHER: NELSON SAUVIN MALE
With 6cm cones and a strong aroma of passionfruit and white wine grapes, the palate gives way to a complex blend of passionfruit, blackberry, ginger, lime, melon and sauvignon blanc. Very fruity indeed. Perfect for NZ Pilsner
MOTHER: RIWAKA | FATHER: MONHOPOLY BREEDING STOCK
Exotique has big Pear and Peach aroma on the nose followed by Peach, Blueberry, Pear, Kiwi Fruit on the palate with hints of Lime, Melon & Cream. Also perfect for a NZ Pilsner
MOTHER: HERSBRUCKER | FATHER: WILD MALE
Fresh & clean with soft bitterness and spice, Mellow Yellow is the perfect hop for a summer lager maybe in the Mexican Cerveza style. Low alpha hops like this are also useful in making West Coast Pilsner and Hazy IPA see link below.
Riwaka™ has abundant oil content nearly twice that of its parent variety Saaz. This unique oil balance alongside a near 1:1 ratio of alpha to beta acids gives it a strong sweet citrus note that, according to some brewers, makes it the “ultimate” for hoppy beers, pale ale & lagers.
Motueka is a premier New Zealand hop bred from Saaz and lends itself well to Lagers, Pilsners and Belgian Ales. It makes an excellent dual-use hop, carrying an exciting fruit aroma with refreshing notes of tropical fruit and citrus and works well in sweet, malty and fruity beers.
Experimental hop with tropical fruit flavours of pineapple, apricot and cream. Tropadelic® is excellent used late in the boil and at flame out. Works well in blonde and golden ales making a refreshing beer for drinking in Summer or anytime.
A NZ cultivar with a complex flavour bred from Cascade with massive growth and a large yield of hop cones early in the harvest season. By far the best hop we grow for yield and flavour.
This NZ hop imparts the flavours of lime, peach, blueberry, lemongrass & green tea. Fathead works well in Blonde, Golden & Pale ales. Strong grower with massive amounts of large hop cones.
A proprietry NZ cultivar and beautiful plant with a prolific hop yield of large hop cones. Add to Pale Ale & IPA hop blends & use as a late addition in a Pilsner or Hazy IPA.
MOTHER: HALLERTAUER MITTLEFRUH
Pacifica™ is an versatile aroma hop that is typically used in late boil additions, including dry hopping. Pacifica™ has aroma descriptors that include a signature citrus orange zest marmalade & classic Hallertau characteristics with some floral notes & honey. Moderate and highly pleasant. Often used by Eddyline Brewery for a Fresh Hop Pilsner.
MOTHER: NORTHERN BREWER
Perle is the most popular aroma hop in Germany with its floral, spice & pepper elements. It is especially suited to sessionable Lagers (Helles), Pilsners, Festbier, Pale Ale and other styles where high bitterness would be inappropriate. Over 3000 hectares are grown.
MOTHER: HALLERTAUER MITTLEFRUH
Wakatu is a New Zealand triploid hop bred from Hallertauer Mittelfrüher and a New Zealand male. A nicely balanced oil profile gives it a floral aroma on top of pungent fresh lime. Wakatu can be added at any stage of the boil and dry hopped with success. It has been noted for its impressive flavor stability. Wakatu is very popular in the USA for Hazy IPA & Lagers
MOTHER: HALLERTAUER MITTLEFRUH
The vastly underrated Mount Hood is an American bred cultivar made available by Plant & Food Research, Motueka. Mount Hood imparts a flavor “punch” of floral, spice. lime, cantaloupe with some woody undertones. Famously used in Lager & Dark ales. We also use it in Pale ale. Produces a large hop crop & is a robust grower.
MOTHER: HALLERTAUER MITTLEFRUH
Popular USA hop used by Garage Project, Liberty brings floral & spice, citrus & rose when used late in the kettle. Sister of Mount Hood made available by Plant & Food Research in Motueka for home brewers to grow and enjoy. Use in an IPA blend for a citrus zing. Use also in Lagers and Pale ales
The quintessential English hop for ales and pale ales. Golding has an aroma profile of lavender, spice, honey and thyme. Flavor is spicy, earthy with a honey-like and marmalade character. Kent Golding is now being used increasingly in English lagers & pilsners.
The mother of Cascade, Williamette, Citra also known as Styrian Goldings, the quintisential English hop used in most English Pale Ales, IPA's, Porters & Stouts. Still in demand for brewing & breeding new hops. Fuggle is now being used increasingly in English lagers & pilsners.
MOTHER: SMOOTH CONE
NZ heritage variety used in Steinlager Classic, Speight's Triple Hop Pilsner, Speight's Distinction Amber Ale, Speight's Mid Ale. Also used in the USA & Europe for IPA and Pale Ale.
Styrian Golding hops have a peppery spice with an earthy/sweet edge. Styrian Golding, also known as Styrian Celeia, is one of the world's most renowned hop varieties due to its special aroma characteristics and great alpha values. Also works well in Belgian and English ales.
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