Alpha acid values of hops of the 2016 crop and updated multi-year average values
The 2016 hop harvest is over. The AHA (Hop Analysis Working Group) announces the average alpha acid values as determined in freshly harvested hops. Members of the AHA include the laboratories of the German processing plants, LfL Hüll, BLQ Weihenstephan, VLB Berlin, TU Berlin, Labor Veritas Zurich and the Slovenian Institute of Hop Research and Brewing Žalec. These values are the basis of any modifications to supply contracts with “alpha clause”. To raise the informational content, some varieties have been added to this table: the newest German varieties and some others from the growing regions Slovenia and the Czech Republic.