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La Wellhopped World Series 2020 #AromaFest
La Wellhopped World Series est un concours annuel visant à trouver le meilleur producteur et le meilleur échantillon de variétés de houblon du Programme de développement du houblon Charles Faram.
La Wellhopped World Series est un concours annuel visant à trouver le meilleur producteur et le meilleur échantillon de variétés de houblon du Programme de développement du houblon Charles Faram.
Qui est le meilleur producteur de houblon cette année ?
Quel est le meilleur échantillon de nouvelle variété ?
Que signifie cette réussite ?
La Wellhopped World Series est une plateforme pour célébrer les efforts et les progrès réalisés par les participants au Programme de développement du houblon Charles Faram dans le monde entier.
Concours 2020
Le concours #AromaFest 2020 s’est déroulé sur le site Charles Faram à Malvern, dans le Worcestershire, le vendredi 17 janvier.
Des chefs brasseurs de tout le Royaume-Uni sont invités à juger des échantillons de variétés de houblon Charles Faram existantes et nouvelles provenant du Royaume-Uni, États-Unis, Pologne, République tchèque et Slovénie.
Les catégories individuelles et globales sont jugées sur l’arôme et la qualité. Le grand vainqueur est jugé dans les catégories 1 à 3 sur la qualité aromatique et visuelle.
Catégories individuelles
Champion Wellhopped World Series
Les 3 gagnants Or des catégories individuelles 1-3. Résultat : 1 champion Or au classement général.
Flavour intensity 5-6 Delicate
In this category we are looking for traditional, noble type varieties. These may be replacements or substitutes for other varieties, or they may be new variety which has a delicate aroma profile. Varieties fitting this into this category are Archer, Minstrel and the Faram Fuggle. These samples were all selected from commercial hop samples.
Bronze James Hawkins with Faram Fuggle (UK)
Silver James Hawkins with Archer® (UK)
Gold John Walker with Minstrel® (UK)
John and his wife Sue farm at Tedney, which is in the beautiful Teme Valley about 12 miles from Worcester. They have been working together with Charles Faram since 1995 when the farm planted its first hops. They have 17ha of hops, First Gold, Minstrel®, Archer®, Faram Fuggles and 6 ha Organic Sovereign plus organic trial varieties.
Mid-range alpha/flavour and aroma
In this category we are looking for hops withs a balanced aroma profile. They may be citrusy, tropical or herbal and piney but they should be balanced and the aromas bright and clean. Varieties in this category include Mystic and Godiva, but also CF169 (Mozart) and CF182 (Opus) as well as some other CF numbered varieties. These samples were all selected from commercial hop samples.
Bronze Simon Parker with CF182 (UK)
Silver Martin Powell-Tuck with CF190 (UK)
Gold Mark Andrews with Mystic™ (UK)
Mark was last year’s Overall winner. He and his wife Leslie farm at Bosbury near Ledbury in Herefordshire. The farm has been in the family for 3 generations and grow 30ha of hops including Challenger, Pilgrim, Phoenix, Jester®, Olicana®, Sovereign and Cascade.
He has a large number of the new trial varieties on the farm including Godiva™, Mystic™ and Harlequin™. Mark has worked closely with Faram’s for over 20 years as did his father before him.
Flavour intensity 9-10 High
We are looking for bold intense aromas. The aromas should be clean and suitable for hop forward beers, we expect tropical, citrus notes and other aromas associated with New World hops. In this category a little dankness is acceptable, if it balances with the other characteristics. Varieties in this category are Jester®, Olicana®, Harlequin™ and Most. These samples were all selected from commercial hop samples.
Bronze Last year’s winners Mark Andrews and Harlequin™ (UK)
Silver Richard Capper with Olicana®(UK)
Gold Jindra Krivanek with Most, also known as HP111 (Czech)
Jindra has been involved in hops for over 25 years and has been working in hop research for 10 years. He is the owner of trading company HOP PRODUCTS and also advisor to the Czech hop growers. Jindra is engaged in the production of hop seedlings and hop breeding and has been working on the CFD program for 7 years
Best early stage varieties
In this category the sky is the limit. There are varying intensities entered but all are new and unique. As these samples are taken from test plots appearance wasn’t scored. Varieties were only numbered. Samples from the UK, US, Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia were judged.
Bronze Charles Faram’s Peter Glendenning with PG4307 (UK)
Silver Boštjan Taish with CF195 (Slovenia)
Gold Charles Faram’s Peter Glendenning with PG2427 (UK)
Peter is a Research Agronomist began breeding and selecting hops in 2006. In 2009 we set up the breeding program together. In Summer Peter can be found wandering the nursery from dusk till dawn.
Supreme Champion for the Charles Faram Commercial varieties
These are only from the varieties we have decided to take further in the programme
From the top three in each category the judges then went on to select their favourites overall.
As we soon as the winning announcement was made, the beer single hopped with our champion hop, brewed by Ledbury Real Ales, was revealed and put up for sale in three pubs in the Hereford and Worcester area.
Bronze John Walker with Minstrel® (UK)
Silver Mark Andrews with Mystic™ (UK)
Gold Jindra Krivanek with Most, also known as HP111 (Czech)
The winning trophy was created by a local Worcester designer and cast in bronze by a Worcester casting company. The trophy represents the globe is surrounded by hops and has five leaves on the back to represent each country entered. UK, USA, Poland, Czech Republic, and Slovenia.
SIBA BeerX delegates were invited to try the single hopped Most beer on the Charles Faram stand as well as at the SIBA 40th birthday bar.
More details of the 2019 winners can be found on the WWS 2019 page.
See what the judges had to say.
Read about the winners.
Fournisseur de houblon depuis plus de 150 ans, Charles Faram stocke un éventail impressionnant de variétés de houblon, disponibles en cônes sous vide ou en pellets de type 90. Les différentes variétés proviennent du Royaume-Uni, de Belgique, de la République tchèque, de France, d’Allemagne, de Pologne, de Slovénie, de Nouvelle-Zélande et des États-Unis. Faram propose une vaste palette de saveurs pour créer tous les types et styles de bière, des variétés traditionnelles aux fascinantes nouveautés expérimentales issues du propre programme de culture et de développement de l’entreprise
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