Originally an Easter Beer from
the Wood's Brewery in Shropshire, 'Hopping Mad' is a single-hop
beer made with PROGRESS. "The aroma is distinctly hoppy and
slightly peachy at first, quickly mellowing out with subtle traces
of
earthiness, fennel and a touch of liquorice." What's
Brewing, 2003. |
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Pedigree: Progress is a higher-alpha,
(around 6%) English hop developed in 1951 and originally introduced
as a replacement for Fuggle with which it shares
similar
characteristics. Slightly sweeter
and with a softer bitterness it has excellent potential
at both the start and end of the boil. This
hop variety combines fine aromas with good alpha acid content
and is often used together with Goldings in the production
of good class bitters and pale ales. A seedling of WGV crossed
with
a trial male which was the grandfather of Target.
- General Trade Perception: Assertive fruity aroma. Similar
to Fuggle, but slightly sweeter, and usually providing a softer
bitterness in beers of all types.
- Possible Substitutions: Fuggles, Whitbread
Goldings Variety (WGV), East Kent Goldings.
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Beer Styles: Widely used for real cask ales,
e.g. Hobson's Best Bitter, Mansfield Bitter, Three Floyd's Merciless
Minger. Also in common use
for lighter beers like pale ales, lighter bitters, wheat beers.
Can be a nice addition to the porters and stouts.
- Maturity: Mid-season
- Yield: Good.
- Growth Habit: Moderately vigorous
- Disease Reaction: Susceptible to Downy and Powdery Mildew
but shows a high degree of tolerance to Verticillium Wilt.
- Pickability: Fair to good.
- Aroma: Sweet, Citrus, Noble.
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| Alpha Acids (%) |
4 - 7
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Beta Acids (%) |
2.0 - 2.8
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| Alpha/Beta Ratio |
2.3 :1
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Co-Humulone (% A-Acid) |
28 - 34
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| Humulone |
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Storage (% lost) |
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| Oil Content (mls/100g) |
0.6 - 1.2
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Humulene ( % in oil) |
40
- 47
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| Caryophyllene (%) |
12
- 15
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Hum/Cary Ratio |
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| Farnesene (%) |
0.5
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Myrcene (%) |
30
- 35
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