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| UK HOP |
PIONEER |
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| Brewing Quality |
The variety has proved to be quite unusual with a very pleasant, lemon, citrus aroma. Initial brews have proved to be very successful with very distinctive, hoppy characteristics |
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| Origin/History |
Pioneer, a dual-purpose hop that is a sister to the new English Herald hop and distantly related to Wye Yeoman. It combines a pleasant aroma with a moderately high (8-10%) alpha acid content. It shows vigorous growth and produces a firm hedge of cones. |
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| Agronomics |
It has a co-humulone of 36-40% 0f alpha acid with good storageability. The 1995 harvest should be one hectare only, yielding 26-34 zentners per hectare. It is resistant to powdery mildew, and has moderate resistance to vertcillium wilt and downy mildew. |
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| Analytical Information |
| Alpha Acid % |
7.0-11.0 |
| Alpha/Beta Ratio |
2.4:1 |
| Beta Acid % |
3.5-4.0 |
| Co-humulone (%A.Acid) |
37 |
| Total Oil % |
0.8-1.8 |
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