Understanding Hop Pellet Blends & Oil Testing

When updating the hop oils calculator for 2014, I learned a lot about hops while I pestered staff at YCH HOPS for data and quizzed them on how they test their hops and put together their blends. Thankfully, they were super cool and answered all my questions and...

Farnesene Level Distributions

This chart shows farnesene levels distributed among all of the hops in 5 seperate tiers, with the highest levels on the left and lowest levels on the right. At first glance, this could be a list of my favorite hops in the tier to the right....

AMARILLO® VGXP01 CV. Hop Correlations

The chart below illustrates the hops which correlate the closest to Amarillo in terms of hop oil composition (B-Pinene, Myrcene, Linalool, Caryophyllene, Farnesene, Humulene, Geraniol and Other). A correlation of 1 (Amarillo to Amarillo) represents a perfect positive...