Let's play "Identify Crabbey's Hop Variety"
Righto, I'm pretty keen to work out this variety with your help...
Story goes my friend's brother was into homebrewing and he got a hop plant from his mum to plant at his property in Blenheim. This season he gave me a clone which is now in my back yard. I asked his old lady but she has no idea where she got it from originally, let alone what variety it is.
Anyway, here are some pics:
The canopy
A typical leaf
A bunch of cones
A cone
More photos available on request.
Note the cones aren't quite mature.
The winner gets a rhizome...
Story goes my friend's brother was into homebrewing and he got a hop plant from his mum to plant at his property in Blenheim. This season he gave me a clone which is now in my back yard. I asked his old lady but she has no idea where she got it from originally, let alone what variety it is.
Anyway, here are some pics:
The canopy
A typical leaf
A bunch of cones
A cone
More photos available on request.
Note the cones aren't quite mature.
The winner gets a rhizome...
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Comment by denimglen on March 12, 2009 at 7:24pm -
Unfortunately from what I've read it's not possible to to identify variety from the look of the leaf/flower, especially with all the mongrel varieties around. It may give you a slight hint to it's origins but that's it.
The best way is to brew with them! SMaSH 'em bro.
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Comment by JoKing on March 12, 2009 at 7:56pm
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They aren't smoothcone mate... and they are very loosely formed...
I hope they finish off looking like this...
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Could be something special...
I'll take a Rhizome for sure!
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Comment by denimglen on March 12, 2009 at 8:08pm
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Yeah, I would doubt smoothcone, the flower on that is really different.
Have you crushed one and smelt it yet? May help narrow down the possibilities...
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Comment by crabbey on March 12, 2009 at 8:12pm -
The only cone I have sacrificed didn't have much lupulin - didn't really smell of much really. Hopefully with a bit of sunshine this weekend they will develop a bit more.
Yeah would love to SMaSH it. We'll see...
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Comment by James P on March 12, 2009 at 8:19pm -
My pick is Nelson Sauvin or possibly hallertau...
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Comment by James P on March 12, 2009 at 8:19pm
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I'd be keen on a rhizome too.... if there is a list....
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Comment by James P on March 12, 2009 at 8:22pm
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Hallertau cone
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Comment by James P on March 12, 2009 at 8:23pm
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The looseness of the cone could be an indication of it being ready to seed? Are some cones more "tighter" than others?
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Comment by denimglen on March 12, 2009 at 8:26pm
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There would need to be males close by though?
I don't think hops hermaphradite like their close cousins?
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