Brewer's Gold
- Variety:
- Brewer's Gold
- Assignment:
- Aroma
- Genetic origin:
- US, UK
- Direct substitutes:
- Fuggle, Golding, Tradition
- Creative substitutes:
- Tradition, Perle, Saaz
Brief history
Brewer's Gold was selected by Ernest Salmon at Wye College in 1919 from open-pollinated wild hop material collected in Manitoba. It became an important parent of many later high-alpha varieties.
General description
A traditional profile with blackcurrant and other dark-fruit notes, supported by spice and a characteristic earthy hop character.
Brewing use
A versatile hop for bittering and aroma, particularly well suited to traditional ales, darker beers and recipes seeking an old-style European-American hop character.
Grow-on-Demand Programme
Our Grow-on-Demand Programme gives breweries access to American and New Zealand hop varieties that are currently produced in limited quantities in Europe.
Adapted to León
The programme is based on a nursery collection of 34 plants from European, American and New Zealand genetic backgrounds, established in León for more than five years.
Their agronomic performance has been monitored annually, providing a solid basis for assessing how each variety behaves under local growing conditions.
Production based on demand
The programme is designed to develop commercial production according to brewery requirements.
Reaching commercial scale takes approximately three years:
- Year one: propagation and establishment.
- Year two: first, limited harvest.
- Year three: larger and more stable commercial production.
This allows us to plan specific varieties in advance and adjust planted area and production volumes to expected demand.
Taking part
Interested breweries can contact us for more information. Our aim is to make difficult-to-source American and New Zealand varieties available through planned, demand-led production in León.