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Hop History: The Family Tree of British Hops
Hop History: The family tree of British Hop Varieties
The family tree of British hop varieties, all details of this hop history is courtesy of Dr Peter Darby. The story of British hops is one of tradition, innovation, and exceptional brewing quality.
The British Hop Variety Family Tree traces the rich heritage and evolution of hop breeding, from classic heritage varieties almost to the latest cutting-edge cultivars.
It’s clear to see how legendary hops like Fuggle and Goldings have influenced generations of brewing. With current breeding programmes we’re shaping the future with exciting new varieties such as Jester®, Olicana®, and Harlequin®.
At Charles Faram, we have a lot of hop history! We’ve been supplying the brewing industry with the finest hops since 1865, when we sold only three (Golding, Fuggle and Sovereign). Our dedication to hop research and breeding ensures that we continue to bring you the best British-grown hops for exceptional beer.
Find out more:
- Learn about our Hop Development Programme
- Browse our full Hop Variety Guide
- Read more about Wye Hops on the BHA site Wye Hops.
A bit of Faram History...
Since we’ve been hop suppliers for over 160 years, so we’ve got a lot of hop history.
Charles Faram Hop Merchants has one of the largest range of hop varieties available from stock in our temperature-controlled hop storage warehouses in both nitrogen-flushed leaf hops, Type 90 (T90) pellets and Type 45 (T45) pellets.
Varieties come from the UK, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, New Zealand and the USA. Faram’s provides an artist’s palette of flavours to create every type and style of beer from the traditional varieties to exciting new developmental varieties from Faram’s own breeding and development programme.
Our own varieties include Archer®, Emperor®, Godiva™, Harlequin®, Jester®, Most™, Mystic™, Olicana® and Opus®.160
