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The UK currently grows 16 hops forcommercial use. The current acreage for UK hops is around 2,500 which is just2% of the world hop-growing market. At one point in history, the UK grew 77,000acres worth of hops. What went wrong?
M&B are releasing a new beer acrosstheir pubs call Top of the Hops (http://www.thegreatyorkshirebrewery.co.uk/other-beers/), brewed by The Great Yorkshire Brewery (http://www.thegreatyorkshirebrewery.co.uk/) at Cropton.It uses 2012 different hop varieties and all of those hops were grown inBritain. The majority of these are varieties not ready for commercial use yet,bolstered by the ones which are available.
Using 2012 different hops is a bit of astatement. Personally, I think it’s a brilliant idea, not for the story ofusing so many varieties, but because it’s highlighting the British hop industryat a time when American and New World hops are getting all the attention. Thefact that only 16 British hop varieties (Charles Faram currently stock 35different US varieties) are available for commercial use is a bit sad, but thatthere are almost 2000 which aren’t yet ready, but might be one day, is veryexciting.
The last few years has seen theAmericanization of British beer but I hope that 2012, alongside the delicious US-inspired stuff, could see moreBritish hops from the more prominent British brewers, showing the great flavours they can give. It’s also interestingto know that new UK hops are being developed specifically to have similarcitrus and fruity flavours to American varieties.
Top of the Hops is available inDecember, January and February from M&B pubs. I haven’t tried it yet but insupport of the British hop industry I want to and I will. In a few years wecould be seeing a lot more variety in British hops and that’s exciting. British hops used well is a great thing, right?
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The UK currently grows 16 hops forcommercial use. The current acreage for UK hops is around 2,500 which is just2% of the world hop-growing market. At one point in history, the UK grew 77,000acres worth of hops. What went wrong?
M&B are releasing a new beer acrosstheir pubs call Top of the Hops (http://www.thegreatyorkshirebrewery.co.uk/other-beers/), brewed by The Great Yorkshire Brewery (http://www.thegreatyorkshirebrewery.co.uk/) at Cropton.It uses 2012 different hop varieties and all of those hops were grown inBritain. The majority of these are varieties not ready for commercial use yet,bolstered by the ones which are available.
Using 2012 different hops is a bit of astatement. Personally, I think it’s a brilliant idea, not for the story ofusing so many varieties, but because it’s highlighting the British hop industryat a time when American and New World hops are getting all the attention. Thefact that only 16 British hop varieties (Charles Faram currently stock 35different US varieties) are available for commercial use is a bit sad, but thatthere are almost 2000 which aren’t yet ready, but might be one day, is veryexciting.
The last few years has seen theAmericanization of British beer but I hope that 2012, alongside the delicious US-inspired stuff, could see moreBritish hops from the more prominent British brewers, showing the great flavours they can give. It’s also interestingto know that new UK hops are being developed specifically to have similarcitrus and fruity flavours to American varieties.
Top of the Hops is available inDecember, January and February from M&B pubs. I haven’t tried it yet but insupport of the British hop industry I want to and I will. In a few years wecould be seeing a lot more variety in British hops and that’s exciting. British hops used well is a great thing, right?
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