Whitbread Golding Variety

Fuller and earthier than a true Golding, with a fruity, slightly resinous edge. A workhorse English hop that takes bittering duty without turning harsh.

Dual purpose

Origin United Kingdom

Code WGV

Released 1911

Bred by Unrecorded

Two or more independent sources

Smells like: Earthy, Woody, Orchard fruit, Floral, Spice
Bitterness: Moderate (5–8% alpha)
In the glass: 1 beer here
Swap it for: Willamette · compare them →

Brewing values

range on filetypicalbreeder or labmerchant

Alpha acid

5–8% typical 6.4

5 8

2 sources, spread of 3%

Hopsteiner5–8Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
BarthHaas5–7.7Range over the last 4 crop years.

Beta acid

2–3.5% typical 2.5

2 3.5

2 sources, spread of 1.5%

Hopsteiner2–2.5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
BarthHaas2–3.5Range over the last 4 crop years.

Cohumulone

33–35% of alpha typical 34

33 35

1 source, spread of 2% of alpha

Hopsteiner33–35Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.

Total oil

0.8–1.2 mL/100g typical 1

0.8 1.2

2 sources, spread of 0.4 mL/100g

Hopsteiner0.8–1.2Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
BarthHaas0.8–1.2Range over the last 4 crop years.

Alpha to beta runs about 2.6:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.

Oil composition

Humulene50.5%
Myrcene30.2%
Caryophyllene17%
Farnesene2.3%

Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 76.3% of total oil in the source data.

Aroma

Earthy
Woody
Orchard fruit
Floral
Spice

How it gets used

Added at bittering, late boil.

English Bitter
Strong Bitter
British Brown Ale
Porter
English IPA

No concentrated lupulin format has been produced for this variety.

In the glass · 1 beer from 1 brewery

ESB pFriem Family Brewers

What to swap it for

Willamette 84

aroma 98 · oils 60 · chemistry 89 · shifts dual to aroma
Progress 68

aroma 32 · oils 96 · chemistry 87
Hallertau Mittelfruh 67

aroma 56 · oils 78 · chemistry 71 · shifts dual to aroma
Adeena 63

aroma 34 · oils 84 · chemistry 81 · shifts dual to aroma
Premiant 62

aroma 43 · oils 85 · chemistry 66
Styrian Golding 60

aroma 30 · oils 71 · chemistry 89

Scored on aroma overlap, oil composition and acid chemistry, then nudged up where a brewer has vouched for the swap by hand. An axis we haven't measured earns nothing, so a hop known only by its acid numbers caps out around 30 — the score is how much evidence there is for the swap, not just how close the numbers happen to be. Anything under 50 is a different beer, not a substitution.

Pedigree

Parentage unrecorded. A selection from Bates Brewer, itself a Golding seedling.

For brewers and data folks: this hop as JSON · the source file