American Hop Plugs - Product Info
"A" 2009 CASCADE Harvest Alpha 7.5% NOW AVAILABLE!
Description - Used mainly for its aromatic properties, this hop is an all purpose hop also used for bittering. Its character is slightly citrus. A compact, medium sized cone, slightly square shaped. Floral, Citrusy Grapfruit like Aroma
Wt. - ½ oz per plug, 1 oz, 2 oz and 1lb packages
Use - American-Style Ales, especially Pale Ales, IPA Porter, Barley wines; Can also be used in Witbier.
Possible Substitutions - Centennial, Amarillo, to a lesser extent Columbus
Alpha acid - 4.5 - 7.0%
Origin/History - Cascade is an aroma-type cultivar which originated as the first commercial hop from the USDA-ARS breeding program. It was bred in 1956 but not released for cultivation until 1972. It reached its peak in 1975 when it produced 13.3% of the total American crop. It was obtained by crossing an English Fuggle with a male plant, which originated from the Russian variety Serebrianka with a Fuggle male plant.
Grown and plugged right here in the United States, these hop plugs are the freshest available. Our hops are kept frozen at 32 degrees F before being plugged and once they are plugged, they are vacuum sealed in oxygen / light barrier bags and refrozen. Our bags are labeled with the crop year, plugging date, and harvest alpha.