HOP PLANT ‘Target’

• Alpha Acid: 9.5 – 12.5%
• Beta Acid: 4.3 – 5.7%
• Co-humulone: 35 – 40%
• Total Oil: 1.2 – 1.4 mL/100g
• Myrcene: 45 – 55% dell’olio totale
• Caryophyllene: 8 – 10% dell’olio totale
• Farnesene: < 1.0% dell’olio totale
• Humulene: 17 – 22% dell’olio totale
• Geraniolo: 0.0 – 0.0% dell’olio totale

Descriptors of specific flavors include fresh, spicy and peppery green sage, and hints of citrus jam.

Double Purpose, Aroma and Amaro

The hops prefers fresh environments and fertile and well-worked soils. It grows spontaneously on the banks of watercourses, along the hedges, at the edge of the woods, from the plains to an altitude of 1,200 meters if the climate is not too windy and humid. Its presence in nature is very common in northern Italy; wild hops are also present in all regions, including islands, although they become progressively more rare to the south.

It is cultivated for commercial purposes in both hemispheres, approximately between 30 ° and 52 ° latitude, and being very resistant to cold climates can withstand up to -30 ° Celsius

UK

It was released in England in 1992. Its popularity has gone up and down over the years, but it now appears to be among the most popular among craft brewers, being used in the Green Man Ale IPAs in Asheville, North Carolina. and in many other English craft beers.

Fuggle, Willamette.

Wye Target.

Ideal per Pilsner, Hefeweizen, Helles, Lager, Brown Ale, Saison, Tripel, Wheat, Kolsch, Blonde Ale.