Développement du houblon
Aujourd’hui, le défi pour l’industrie du houblon consiste à produire une large palette aromatique et aussi à essayer de créer des saveurs nouvelles, différentes et surprenantes.
The aim of our Hop Development Program has been to find agronomically sound, exciting new hop varieties that will one day be produced commercially with the help of our own expertise and solid grower relationships.
Variétés traditionnelles
The first varieties from the program to come through to farm trials were Archer® and Minstrel®, both hedgerow varieties with a classic, traditional aroma, plus a slight twist due to their hedgerow parent.
Archer® est extrêmement appréciées sur les marchés artisanaux du monde entier qui recherchent davantage d'arômes traditionnels à mesure que les styles de bière s'éloignent des grands classiques IPA de la côte Ouest.
Après quelques années de culture semi-commerciale et commerciale, son agronomie s'est avérée difficile et à partir de 2020, nous avons cessé de cultiver Minstrel® commercialement.
Évolution des goûts
With changing tastes, naturally the aim of the program then changed; as the “new world” hops became more popular in Europe, the team concentrated on bringing in some of these varieties to make crosses with the strong British rootstocks in order to create hybrids; something with the best of both worlds.
Pour évaluer efficacement ces variétés, Charles Faram a d'abord fait appel à son panel sensoriel et ensuite sollicité des brasseurs qui ont donné d'excellents commentaires sur les essais de brassage.
Le meilleur des deux mondes
This phase had led to expanded farm trials of these varieties Emperor®, Godiva™, Harlequin®, Jester®, Most™, Mystic™, Olicana® and Opus®; strong plants with “new world” aromas, excellent disease resistance and good yield. These hops have performed well beyond expectation after a further trial period. Therefore we aim to make them fully commercial varieties. What is extremely exciting is that there are more varieties coming through the program which have new, intense aromas and remarkable flavours.
La Charles Faram International Hop Awards
Growers and new varieties from around the world compete as our panel of expert brewers establish the best sample of new and commercial varieties from the Hop Development Program.
Hop Development Program feedback form
If you’ve used our experimental varieties and would like to provide feedback then please do so using this form. Your participation is a crucial part of the British hop-growing industry and international sustainability and will form a valuable part of our hop development program. Thank you so much for taking part.
Programme de la BHA (British Hop Association)
Non content de concocter nos propres variétés, Faram s'est investi et a sponsorisé le programme de la BHA (Association britannique du houblon) pour développer de nouveaux semis dans le cadre de la recherche de nouvelles saveurs.
