Hops UK East Kent Golding Pellets 1 oz.

Smooth and sweet Goldings are recognized as having the most typical English profile. This Hop is in demand for Copper Hopping and Dry Hopping of Traditional Ales.
Flavour and Aroma
The aroma notes of East Kent Goldings include floral, slightly spicy, honey and earthy.

Characteristics
Spicy, honey, earthy.

Bittering Characteristics
East Kent Goldings bittering characteristics are sweet, smooth and honey-like.

Flavour Intensity
6 /10
About this Hop
Synonymous with English Goldings, East Kent Goldings is a quintessentially British Hop and is a delicious example of the gentle aromas that traditional English Hops produce. It is good for bittering and later hopping.

Breeding
East Kent Goldings was developed from the Canterbury Whitebine variety in the late 1700's. Canterbury is a town in Kent, England. Goldings consists of several clonal variants known by the name of either the original grower or their village. It has been sold as East Kent Goldings since 1838. It is grown exclusively in East Kent by a handful of growers. It is a tall hop with loose low yielding cones and is susceptible to downy and powdery mildews and wilt.