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HOP INDUSTRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE: BREWING TRIALS WITH WYE TARGET AND NORTHERN BREWER HOPS
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of the institute of brewing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.523
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 2050-0416
pISSN - 0046-9750
DOI - 10.1002/j.2050-0416.1975.tb03711.x
Subject(s) - brewing , hop (telecommunications) , flavour , brand names , advisory committee , advertising , computer science , business , food science , chemistry , telecommunications , economics , management , fermentation
Brewing trials with hops from the 1974 crop complete a three‐year series in which Wye Target hops have been compared for brewing suitability with a control growth of Northern Brewer hops. Between 8 and 11 breweries took part each year. Physical examination of the hops used showed Wye Target to have less seed and to have a smaller cone size than the Northern Brewer but with a tendency to be loosely packed. When brewed at similar α‐acid‐into‐brew rates as Northern Brewer hops, beers of similar analytical and flavour‐assessed bitterness were produced. On general flavour grounds the beers were equally preferred. In all cases the Wye Target hops were rated as a copper hop either as equally suitable as, or more suitable than, the Northern Brewer hops.