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Omega Hops

10 months ago | Jules (Member)

Can anyone tell me the basics about the hop variety Omega?

There is a hop plant shop fairly close to me that sells this particular hop plant but I cant find any info on it to decide if I want to grow it. I have room for four hop plants and am trying to choose ones that are not so easy to find, or are expensive to buy, in brewing shops.

Thanks

Jules

Drinking: Un-named 2 Can bitter, Doodlebug, Thunderbolt
Conditioning: LP Extract
Fermenting : Old Speckled Hen Extract
Planning: Thunderbolt again, Rocker APA and a wheat extract c/o Hamish!

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saracen:

Posted 10 months ago by Moderator

Hi Jules. This is all I could find. On the other hand, I found all sorts of brew info site I'd never heard of, including one with the specs of 103 different hops!

Omega, Bittering. 'High-alpha'(No figures quoted). English
"Old English high alpha variety."

From Jim's beer kit. Sept 7th 2006

Omega (United Kingdom)
Specifications
Aplha Acids: 8.0-9.0%.
characteristics: Some Challenger characteristics.
Additional Information: Getting rarer, so try it before it disappears!
Examples: Bunce's Brewery Best Bitter, Benchmark, and Old Smokey; Crouch Vale Brewery Kursaal Flyer.
Virtually nothing out there on this one, never mind rare, I think it's gone extinct.
You could try the breweries of the above ales for a supply, wherever they may be.

You did say you wanted one that's hard to find, and I think you've found it!
I've mailed Stonehenge Brewery to see if it's still available, but the thinking seems to be that it's either susceptible to disease or a poor cropping variety. I think I'd go for something a bit more usable.

If you're not living on the edge..... you're taking up too much space!!

Planning: - To get some more brews on now the weather's a bit cooler
Fermenting: - Ginger Beer experiment
Conditioning: - A normal bitter with Styrians
Drinking: - All of it!!

E-mail: arnyfris@gmail.com

Jules:

Posted 9 months ago by Member

Thank you Saracen - maybe I'll pass on this one.

So far I have got an Early Bird which I know is just a varient of the EKGolding but is used by Shepherds Neame for their Early Bird beer and I do love that brew - hoping I can make my own clone one day.

whats the site with the 103 hop details - would be handy to have that!

thanks again

Drinking: Un-named 2 Can bitter, Doodlebug, Thunderbolt
Conditioning: LP Extract
Fermenting : Old Speckled Hen Extract
Planning: Thunderbolt again, Rocker APA and a wheat extract c/o Hamish!

saracen:

Posted 9 months ago by Moderator

This is the list, but it's last updated July 5th 2000, so I don't know if it's much use.

http://www.fortunecity.com/boozers/brewerytap/555/hops/varieties.htm

This one is about hop gardening, with dieases, pruning, etc.

http://www.freshops.com/hop-growing/hop-gardening

These are all about hop varieties, substitutions, selections for different beers and comparisons

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/101/hops
http://www.brew365.com/hop_substitution_chart.php
http://kotmf.com/articles/hopslist.php
http://byo.com/resources/hops

Hope it helps. Don't forget that most traditional hops grow to about 18 feet tall. There are quite a few dwarf varieties around now.