just had a very nice pint in a wetherspoons, its brewed with Manchester Hops, don't know of any hop fields in Manchester or any variety with That name, does anyone know the variety.
- posted
16 years ago
3 rivers IPA
Loading thread data ...
- Vote on answer
- posted
16 years ago
I'm not sure how many Manchester hops go into each brew - apparently they grow over a garage, but I thought I'd heard they were grown in the brewery yard. I also have a feeling they're Goldings, but I'm not sure - next time I see brewer Mike, I'll ask him.
I dry-hop one of my beers with a handful of wild hops a friend found growing on the Wirral & a serious Chester home-brewer last year gave some of his allotment crop of Goldings to go into a beer brewed by Barrie at Station House, Ellesmere Port. cheers MikeMcG
- Vote on answer
- posted
16 years ago
yes but if they were goldings grown in Cheshire , that's what you should call them, not just after were they were grown, likewise golding grown in Manchester can only be That, not Manchester hops.
- Vote on answer
- posted
16 years ago
Not necessarily IMO - some brewers talk of using English, Continental, American or Kentish hops, not specific varieties, others just say "the finest hops" (it's amazing how many of those "finest hops & malt" there are around ;~)
Presumably 3Rivers see the fact that they're Manchester grown as a more important fact to publicise than the variety & I'd probably agree, but if I was them, I would also try to mention the variety too (if indeed the variety is known - I only thought I might have heard mention of Goldings)
I don't mention variety regarding my wild-hops brew, as we have no idea what, if any, recognised variety it might be - it tastes odd, certainly - herbal & mint/nettles cheers MikeMcG