USDA ACCESSION No.: 21671
SELECTION: no information except that it was derived from Hallertauer mittelfrueh (USDA Nr. 56001 or 21014)
GENUS: Humulus
SPECIES: lupulus
CULTIVAR: Hallertauer Gold
PEDIGREE: German Sel. Nr. 50/1/392 x German Sel. Nr. 61/28/6
PRIMARY SITE: USDA-OSU Hop Research Farm, East Farm, Corvallis, OR.
ORIGIN: German Institute for Hop Research, Huell, Germany
DATE RECEIVED: spring 1992
METHOD RECEIVED: rhizomes
AVAILBILITY: no restrictions, commercial cultivar
REFERENCES: 1992 USDA Report for Hop Research, and subsequent years
Annual Report for Hop Research, German Institute for Hop Research from the mid-1980s on
MATURITY: medium early
LEAF COLOR: medium green to light green
SEX: female
DISEASES: Downy mildew: resistant
Powdery mildew: moderately resistant
Verticillium wild: susceptible
Viruses: free of all major hop viruses when received at Corvallis
VIGOR: fair to good
YIELD: fair to good, about 1200 to 1400 lbs/acre in Oregon test plots
SIDE ARM LENGTH: 12 to 24 inches, sometimes longer
ALPHA ACIDS: 7 - 10%
BETA ACIDS: 5 - 7%
COHUMULONE: 20%
STORAGE STABILITY: fair to poor, about 47% alpha remaining after 6 months room temp. storage
OIL: 1.78 ml/100 g (4 year range: 1.1 to 2.7 ml/100 g)
MAJOR TRAITS: pleasant continental aroma similar to its parent Hallertauer mittelfrueh but higher alpha potential. Very low cohumulone content. Dipdloid: 2n=20
OTHER INFORMATION: This hop is now marketed under the name "Hallertauer" together with Hallertauer mittelfrueh according to trade statistics published in the Hopfenrundschau about mid 1990s.
This hop was developed in the mid-1970s at about the same time as Perle (USDA 21227) but never officially released until the late 1980s.