Mt Hood Hop Pellets (US) - 1 oz

Mt Hood Hop Pellets (US) - 1 oz

Flavor & Aroma:  herbal, pungent and spicy

Mt Hood hop pellets have aroma descriptors that include herbal, pungent and spicy.  Bred in 1983 and released from the USDA breeding program in Oregon in 1989, Mt. Hood is a triploid aroma type cultivar with similarities to German Hallertau and German Hersbrucker. It is tolerant to downy mildew with good pickability of medium size, compact cones. Mt. Hood is named after the famous Oregon volcano.

Characteristics:

• Alpha Acid:  4 - 6.5%
• Beta Acid:  4.4 - 7.2%
• Co-humulone:  21 - 25%
• Total Oil:  0.8 - 2 mL/100g
• B-Pinene:  0.4 - 0.8% of total oil
• Myrcene:  25 - 35% of total oil
• Linalool:  0.5 - 0.9% of total oil
• Caryophyllene:  10 - 16% of total oil
• Farnesene:  < 1.0% of total oil
• Humulene:  30 - 40% of total oil
• Geraniol:  0.1 - 0.5% of total oil

To preserve freshness, all of our hops are packaged in nitrogen-flushed, oxygen and light-barrier packages.