Fresh Vacuum Packed Hops - Bramling Cross (UK) Alpha 5.7% - 2009 Crop

Product Description

Brewing Quality A hop of considerable character. Its distinctive “ American” aroma put many brewers off this variety in its early years. It has a strong spicy / blackcurrant flavour & good alpha characteristics. Bramling Cross has now made something of a comeback in traditional cask conditioned beers because of its very distinctive characteristics & has done very well in all styles of beer Origin/ History Bred from a cross in 1927 between Bramling (one of the traditional Golding varieties) & a male seedling of the Manitoban (Canadian) wild hop. Also known as O.T.48, this variety was developed at Wye College by Professor Salmon Agronomics Bramling Cross is a low yielding aroma variety that is grown primarily in Kent & Sussex. It matures early, fitting nicely into the start of the picking season it is generally easier to grow than other varieties & is therefore very much a “grower’s hop”. The variety is susceptible to Downy & Powdery Mildew but shows a high degree of tolerance to Verticillium Wilt. Brewing Quality A hop of considerable character. Its distinctive “ American” aroma put many brewers off this variety in its early years. It has a strong spicy / blackcurrant flavour & good alpha characteristics. Bramling Cross has now made something of a comeback in traditional cask conditioned beers because of its very distinctive characteristics & has done very well in all styles of beer Origin/ History Bred from a cross in 1927 between Bramling (one of the traditional Golding varieties) & a male seedling of the Manitoban (Canadian) wild hop. Also known as O.T.48, this variety was developed at Wye College by Professor Salmon Agronomics Bramling Cross is a low yielding aroma variety that is grown primarily in Kent & Sussex. It matures early, fitting nicely into the start of the picking season it is generally easier to grow than other varieties & is therefore very much a “grower’s hop”. The variety is susceptible to Downy & Powdery Mildew but shows a high degree of tolerance to Verticillium Wilt.