Thanks for Making 2010 a Success!!
Thanks for Another Great Year!!
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San Juan Hop Farms is located in the Tri-River Valley of Southwestern Colorado. The farm is nestled up against the western side of Spring Creek Mesa and is located 5 miles north west of the heart of Montrose, Colorado. An hour north is Grand Junction, and about 30 minutes south are the majestic San Juan Mountains, thus our name.
2010 Fresh Hop Harvest
A big thanks to everyone that made our 2010 Harvest a success! View our full hops list with descriptions and pictures.
Check back soon as we gear up for next year!!
Varieties:
- 5 acres - Chinook
- 5 acres - Cascade
- 2.5 acres - Nugget
- 1.5 acres of Willamette
Limited Qty:
- Centennial
- Mt Hood
- Santiam
- Fuggles
- Newport
Our Hop Varieties
San Juan Ruby Red
2009 Test Levels
Alpha Acids: 7.01%
Typical Beer Styles
Unknown
Discovered growing wild in the San Juan Mountains. Open pollinated hops. Aroma is fruity and slightly sweet. A newly developed American aroma hop that contains noble hop characteristics.
Cascade
2009 Test Levels
Alpha Acids: 8.40%
Typical Beer Styles
Porter, Barley wines; Can also be used in Witbier.
Description
Aroma variety with well-balanced bittering potential. Aroma is flowery and citrusy with a note of grapefruit. Breed from open pollination of a Fuggle seedling, itself derived from crosses between Fuggle and the Russian hop Serebrianker. Read More...
Chinook
2009 Test Levels
Alpha Acids: 11.82%
Typical Beer Styles
US Style Pale Ale, IPA, Stout, Porter, Barley Wine, Lager (Bittering)
A high alpha-acids hop with an acceptable aroma profile. From a cross between Petham Golding and a USDA-selected male with high alpha acids and good storage properties. Medium intensity, spicy, piney, distinctive grapefruit aroma. Released in the US industry in 1985
Fuggle
2009 Test Levels
Alpha Acids: Not Tested
Typical Beer Styles
Any English-style beer or American Ales, Lambic
A chance seedling selected in 1875 by Mr. Richard Fuggle in England. It has been in the US since the late 1800’s. Also know overseas as Styrian (Savinja) Golding in Slovenia and as UK Fuggle in England. Mild, woody and fruity aroma. A traditional English-type aroma hop
Mount Hood
2009 Test Levels
Alpha Acids: Not Tested
Typical Beer Styles
Lager, Pilsner, Bock, US Wheat, Alt, Munich Helles
A triploid seedling of the German Hallertauer. Variety Aroma is mild, somewhat pungent. Aroma variety with marked similarities to the German Hallertauer and Hersbrucker varieties. Most popular hop in the triploid Hallertau breeding program.
Newport
2009 Test Levels
Alpha Acids: 10.80%
Typical Beer Styles
Ales, Stout, Barley Wine
One of the newest varieties to be released in the US (Year 2002) Mild Aroma. Viewed as a high-bittering alpha hop.
Nugget
2009 Test Levels
Alpha Acids: 12.27%
Typical Beer Styles
Ales, Stout, Barley Wine
Selected from a cross between Brewer’s Gold and a high alpha acids male with good storage properties and an herbal aroma. A high alpha acids hop with a good aroma profile. Released in 1982 and now a major high alpha acids variety in the US.
Santian
2009 Test Levels
Alpha Acids: Not Tested
Typical Beer Styles
Lager, US Ales, Pilsner, Belgian Tripel and other Belgian-Styles, Kolsch, Bock,
Munich Helles
Triploid aroma selection using a diploid Tettnang clone and a tetraploid Hallertauer. Released in 1997. Aroma is floral, slightly spicy. A newly developed American aroma hop that contains noble hop characteristics.
Willamette
2009 Test Levels
Alpha Acids: Not Tested%
Typical Beer Styles
All English-style Ales, and US Pale and Brown Ales
A triploid seedling of the English Fuggle variety. A quality aroma hops with a slightly spicy, mild and pleasant aroma. Released in 1976 and well-established in the US industry. Currently the most widely grown aroma hops in the US.