East Kent Golding is a classic British Hop grown in Hereford and Worcester. East Kent Golding or EKG as they are affectionately referred to by brewers are complementary to UK Fuggles, providing floral and citrus overtones; an excellent selection for an English bitter, pale ale, ESB, blond, tripel, saison and kölsch-style beers.
Form:
- Type 90 Hop Pellets
Pack Sizes:
- 100 g
- 250g (SAVE 10% OFF 100g Price)
- 500g (SAVE 15% OFF 100g Price)
- 1Kg (SAVE 20% OFF 100g Price)
- 5Kg (SAVE 30% OFF 100g Price)
Pedigree
- Developed by conal selection from 1790 on, starting from Canterbury Whitebline
Brewing Usage
- Dual Purpose
Aroma
- Fragrant
- Floral
- Lavender
- Spice
- Honey
- Earthy
- Zesty lemon
- Orange
- Grapefruit
Substitutions
- Progress
- Willamette
- Fuggles
Typical Beer Styles
- English-style Ales
- English Bitter
- Pale Ale
- ESB
- Belgian Blonde
- Belgian Tripel
- Saison
- Kölsch
Additional Information
Synonymous with English Goldings- Crop: 2020
- Batch: 20-677
- Alpha Acids 6.0%
- Beta Acids 1.9 - 3.0%
- Co-Humulone 25 - 30%
- Total Oil 0.4 - 0.8 mL / 100g
- Myrcene ~25% of total oil
- Humulene ~36% of total oil
- Caryophyllene ~14.8% of total oil
- Farnesene < 1% of total oil
BREWING VALUES:
ACID/OIL RANGE LOW HIGHALPHA ACID 4.5-6.5% 0 20 (Low / Medium)
BETA ACID 1.9-2.8% 0 15 (Low)
TOTAL OIL 0.4-0.8 mL/100g 0 4 (Low)