Description of two Hüll aroma breeding strains
Aroma potential | Currently more than 200 hop varieties are registered worldwide and every year these are joined by 10 to 20 new varieties. Hop breeding has been given an enormous boost especially by the craft beer wave. In breeding, there is currently a significant emphasis on hops with special aromas (special flavor hops) which are suitable for dry hopping. The evaluation of new varieties is becoming ever more important, but also much more difficult. Taking the example of two breeds from Hüll this article shows how hop strains yet to be discovered might be described, evaluated and classified.
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