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An Australia legend.
When Australian hop Pride of Ringwood was released in 1958 it had the distinction of being the hop with the highest alpha acid content in the world. Though that title has been long surpassed it is still an incredibly popular bittering hop. Pride of Ringwood is primarily a bittering hop but also exhibits spicy, fruity aromas when used as a late addition.
Pride of Ringwood was developed by Bill Nash at the Ringwood Hop Research Station in Ringwood, Victoria. At that time, Bill worked for the Carlton and United Brewery. It was bred from English variety Pride of Kent through open wind pollination.
Pride of Ringwood once made up the vast majority of hops grown in Australia and at its peak reached 90% of total crop acreage. Due to the high level of bittering the hops was able to achieve. This meant large breweries would need less hops to achieve the same bitterness. This saved the large breweries an absolute stack of money through the 1990s. Elsewhere Pride of Ringwood is considered too late to harvest in the US. It was at one stage also grown in Kashmir, India.
Though it is primarily used in Australian lagers, there are plenty of examples of its use in the US. Buffalo Bill Brewery uses it in their Tasmanian Devil brew. Australian’s would be most familiar with its use in beers made by Coopers and CUB.
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