HOPS: Fuggles

Fuggles

Location:
United Kingdom, United States
What it does :
Fuggles can be used for bittering, aroma, and finishing additions. It is especially valuable for dry-hopping additions if desired. It can require high hopping rates required because of its low-alpha content. You can use it to make English Ale, Porter, Scottish and Irish Ale, Specialty Beer, Stout, Strong Ale and Barleywine. Substitutes include East Kent Goldings, Progress, Styrian Goldings, Tettnanger, and Willamette.

What it is:
The Fuggles hop is perhaps the most famous and honored of English hops, capable of providing all essential flavor, aroma, and bitterness to an ale. It was first propagated by Richard Fuggle in 1875 in County Kent, and carries his name. It has a mild, pleasantly soft, grassy, floral aroma. It is frequently blended with Goldings, another English hop, to add roundness and fullness to the flavor.