EAST KENT GOLDINGS Alpha acid 5-7% Ref: HOPEAST0507 BREWING QUALITY Gentle, fragrant, and pleasant. Recognized as having the most typical English aroma with the best flavor historically coming from East Kent. This hop is in demand for copper-hopping and dry hopping of traditional ales. Goldings are also found to be useful for late hopping lagers, when a delicate aroma is required. Used in all the English style Ales, Belgian-Style Ales, Stouts, Porters, most Lagers. ORIGIN / HISTORY UK origin. The Goldings are the traditional Old English hop. Develops by clonal selection from 1790 on starting from Canterbury Whitebine. Traded as East-Kent Goldings, if grown in East Kent, Kent Goldings if grown in mid-Kent, and Goldings if grown elsewhere. AGRONOMICS Sensitive to downy mildew. As a group the Goldings are unique in their high level of sensitivity to Hop Mosaic Virus. Type T90 Hop Pellets ACID COMPONENTS Alpha Acids 5 - 7% w/w Beta Acids 2 - 3.5% w/w Cohumulone 20 - 25% of alpha acids OIL COMPONENTS Total Oil 0.6 - 1.0 mls/100 grams Caryophyllene 12 - 16% of whole oil Type Leaf Hops Farnesene <1% of whole oil Humulene 42 - 48% of whole oil Myrcene 20 - 26% of whole oil Possible Substitutions: Goldings, Sovereign, Progress