Dr. Ron Beatson is the retired hop breeder who constructed a storied profession at Plant & Meals Analysis creating a few of the hottest New Zealand hop varieties right this moment, and Dr. Tom Shellhammer is the Oregon State College professor whose analysis into hop oils, hop terroir, hop-growing methods, and extra have made an indelible affect on the Pacific Northwest hop trade. Shellhammer is at present on a four-month sabbatical in New Zealand, learning the similarities and variations between U.S. and New Zealand hop practices, and offered at each the NZ Hops Harfest occasion (with Dr. Ron Beatson) and on his personal on the Freestyle Hops Hāpi Symposium.
On this episode, we introduced the 2 collectively to debate:
- the hierarchy of impacts from genetics via terroir and agronomics
- variations in hops inside a farm or space versus variations between areas
- the genesis of onion and garlic notes in hop aromas and flavors
- sources of inconsistency in a hop selection
- harvesting dynamics of Nelson Sauvin
- cowl crops in hop fields to advertise soil well being
- a number of archetypes for hop varieties
- the supply of “diesel” and “dank” notes in hops and the crossovers with hashish
- thiol and terpene interactions in aroma formation over particular person oil content material
- affect from lack of illness in New Zealand hop fields
- soil and localized environmental impacts on New Zealand hop cultivation
And extra.
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