Hop
UK Golding
Representative The maker publishes no figures for this product, so these are class-typical values instead.
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Purpose
- aroma
- Alpha acid
- 4.0–7.0 %
- Beta acid
- 2.0–3.0 %
- Cohumulone
- 25–28 % of alpha
- Total oil
- 0.4–1.0 mL/100 g
Oil breakdown
- Myrcene
- 30 % of oil
- Humulene
- 40 % of oil
- Caryophyllene
- 15 % of oil
- Farnesene
- not published
Description
Golding grown outside the Kent parishes that earn the "East Kent" name, and genetically alongside it rather than apart from it. The same floral, woody, faintly spicy finish, and the usual reason to choose it is price and availability rather than character.