East Kent Golding UK Hops

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:

• 100g
• 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
• Porter
  
• Stouts

Brewing Values:

• Crop: 2021 Batch: 21144 5.8% Alpha Acids 6.6% Moisture
  
• CROP: 2022 Batch: VA-22-101 Alpha Acids: 5.7%  Oil Content: 0.85 ml/100g
• 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  HIGH

ALPHA 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)