Phoenix

Flavour/Aroma

Phoenix has excellent fresh flavour characteristics that include pine, floral, chocolate, molasses and slightly spicy.

Bittering Characteristics

Phoenix produces a well-balanced and rich bitterness.

About Phoenix

Phoenix is an unusual hop with high oil content making it a good alternative to a dual-purpose or bittering hop. Brewers have reported interesting results when using it as a late hop. It is a little known hop as it was originally grown and sold to just one brewer.

Breeding of Phoenix

Developed at the same time as Admiral, Phoenix is a seedling of Yeoman, developed at Horticulture Research International (HRI), Wye College in the UK and released for general cultivation in 1996. Phoenix produces good-sized cones well down the bine.