Hop
Boadicea
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Purpose
- aroma
- Alpha acid
- 7.0–10.0 %
- Beta acid
- 3.0–4.0 %
- Cohumulone
- 26–26 % of alpha
- Total oil
- 1.4–2.0 mL/100 g
Oil breakdown
- Myrcene
- 33 % of oil
- Humulene
- 20 % of oil
- Caryophyllene
- not published
- Farnesene
- 5 % of oil
Description
Released from Wye in 2004 as the world's first aphid-resistant hop, which is most of the reason it exists — it is grown with a fraction of the spraying its neighbors need. In the glass it is mild and well mannered: orchard blossom, a little grass, a little spice.