Loral
®
Loral is a hop brand developed by the Hop Breeding Company and released in 2016; previously known as HBC 291. It provides pleasant floral and herbal notes reminiscent of a noble aroma hop. Loral’s mother is U.S. Glacier and her grandmother the long established French noble aroma variety Tardif de Bourgogne. The father is a son of the Nugget variety. Loral is characterized by having numerous small, dense cones with moderate alpha acids.
Flavour profile
Floral, herbal
Ancestry
U.S. Glacier and U.S. Nugget
Recommended beer styles
Analytical data
Cultivation Area
US
Ancestry
U.S. Glacier and U.S. Nugget
Alpha Acids (%)
10.0 – 12.0%
Beta Acids (%)
4.5 – 5.5 %
Alpha/Beta Ratio
Cuhomulone (% of alpha acids)
Total Oils (ml/100g)
1.5 – 2.5ml/100g
Oil Concentration (microlitres of oil/g alpha)
Myrcene (% of whole oil)
37 – 39 %
Linalool (% of whole oil)
Caryophyllene (% of whole oil)
6 – 8 %
Farnesene (% of whole oil)
< 1 %
Humulene (% of whole oil)
23 – 25 %
Selinene (% of whole oil)
Humulene/Caryophllene Ratio
Citra
®
Characteristics
Citra is an aroma hop brand released by the Hop Breeding Company, (a joint venture between John I. Haas, Inc. and Select Botanicals Group, LLC in the Yakima Valley) having unique and highly favored flavor characteristics. As the name suggests, its flavor descriptors include citrus including lime and grapefruit as well as various tropical fruity characters.
