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#1 DuncanDad

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 11:39 AM

Just looked up Red Hooks Long Hammer and they list Alchemy hops as one of their hops.Wha'ts a good substitute? I've never heard of this strain of hops.

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 11:45 AM

never herd of it either...this might answer you though...on the widmer site

"Alchemy hops are not a single variety, but rather several different varieties custom blended and packaged specifically for Widmer.* Currently the blend is combination of Warrior and Millennium, though in past years it's also included a small percentage of Horizon hops as well (the acreage for Horizon has been declining the last several years, and with it the quality of selection)* **All three varieties are high alpha, low cohumulone cultivars. **Unfortunately, I can’t give you more details about the current mix because the actual percentages of Alchemy is proprietary.* To ensure against crop failure situations there is a good chance we will look to add another hop to the blend if the Horizon crop doesn't rebound, but at this point it’s hard to say what that variety it will be or at what inclusion percentage.*""We call it Alchemy because on an annual basis we look at the quality of the crop and try to mix those elements together to make the golden hop.** In addition, we hand select our hops each year at harvest time to ensure we get the very best that's available.* Alchemy is used as the bittering hop in all Widmer products and it’s been a very successful hop (s) for us."



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Posted 11 February 2010 - 11:59 AM

"We call it Alchemy because on an annual basis we look at the quality of the crop and try to mix those elements together to make the golden hop"How charming!

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 12:00 PM

never herd of it either...this might answer you though...on the widmer site

sounds like Magnum might be a reasonable sub

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 01:15 PM

That's what I was thinking.Off to order a pound of Magnum.

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Posted 11 February 2010 - 04:52 PM

Hops got cheap since a couple of years ago.12.00/pound.


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