Saaz Special
Aroma variety, selected from hybrid offsprings of Saaz Fine Aroma Hops lineage combined with other breeding material.
Aroma: pleasantly hoppy
Vegetation period: 136 days
Yield: 1,7–2,5 tonnes per hectare
Plant: green colour, cylindrical or oval shaped habitus, semi-late ripening
Pest resistance: mildly resistant to downy mildew
Cone: medium to large size, narrow shaped
Aroma
Chemical composition
Hop resins
- total volume of resins 15-20 WT%
- α-bitter acids 4,5-8,0 WT%
- β-bitter acids 5,0–11,0 WT%
- α/β ratio 0,5–1,1
- cohumulone 20–24 % rel.
- colupulone 38–43 % rel.
Hop oils
- total volume of hop oils 0,7-1,8 ml/100g
- myrcene 41-55 % rel.
- linaloole 0,3-0,7 % rel.
- caryophylene 2-5 % rel.
- humulene 4-13 % rel.
- farnesene 7-12 % rel.
Hop polyphenols
- total volume of polyphenols 2,5-3,3 WT%
- xanthohumole 0,5-0,8 WT%