Plant & Food Research hop breeding program (New Zealand)
Aroma
an aroma abundant with fruity citrus and pine characters
Grown by
Not Found
Variety Data
Also Published as
Waimea Cryo
Kind
variety
US Grown
no
Trademark
Waimea (trademark symbol on the Charles Faram page)
Status
proprietary
Year Released
2012
Parentage
Parentage traces back to Cluster, Saaz and Fuggle (Charles Faram)
Use
not published
Alpha Class
high (14 percent and above)
Alpha
16 to 19
Beta
7 to 9
Cohumulone
22 to 24
Humulene
9 to 10
Farnesene
5 to 5
Chemistry Gap
total oil, myrcene, caryophyllene not published. Total oil: the Charles Faram page prints "20.1ml/100g", not plausible, not recorded. Myrcene: printed as "0.6", not readable as a percentage, not recorded. Caryophyllene is not listed. No second source was readable.
Notes
Humulene and farnesene are as published (farnesene a single value).
Grown by. These farms publish this variety as grown. It does not mean a medal beer used hops from that farm.
Whole record, not narrowed by the filters.
No farm has been published as growing this hop yet.
Research Notes
Waimea is a hop variety from New Zealand, proprietary, from Plant & Food Research hop breeding program (New Zealand). It was released in 2012. Its published alpha acid range is 16 to 19 percent.
Identity
Field
Value
Origin
New Zealand
Breeder or owner program
Plant & Food Research hop breeding program (New Zealand)
Trademark
Waimea (trademark symbol on the Charles Faram page)
Proprietary or public
proprietary
Year released
2012
Parentage
Parentage traces back to Cluster, Saaz and Fuggle (Charles Faram)
Published use
not published
Alpha class
high (14 percent and above)
Also published as: Waimea Cryo.
Chemistry
Ranges are as published by the breeder or supplier named under sources; a single value means the source printed one figure.
Measure
Published
Unit
alpha acids
16 to 19
percent
beta acids
7 to 9
percent
cohumulone
22 to 24
percent of alpha acids
total oil
not published
ml per 100 g
myrcene
not published
percent of total oil
humulene
9 to 10
percent of total oil
caryophyllene
not published
percent of total oil
farnesene
5 (single value)
percent of total oil
Humulene and farnesene are as published (farnesene a single value).
Aroma
As published by Charles Faram: "an aroma abundant with fruity citrus and pine characters"
Acreage
This variety is not grown commercially in the United States as far as the sources checked show, so US acreage does not apply.
Gaps
Chemistry, total oil, myrcene, caryophyllene not published. Total oil: the Charles Faram page prints "20.1ml/100g", not plausible, not recorded. Myrcene: printed as "0.6", not readable as a percentage, not recorded. Caryophyllene is not listed. No second source was readable.