STYRIAN HOPS

The name STYRIAN HOPS is designated to the high quality hops produced in Slovenia, from own Slovenian varieties. The name originated from 19th century, when the first hops were produced in Slovenian Styria. The first Slovenian noble, fine aroma variety named Savinjski golding carried out the world fame od Styrian hops worldwide what will last for next generations as well. In the last decades of 20th century the varieties Aurora, Bobek, and Celeia were released which are covering the majority of the Slovenian hop growing area. In the last years, Slovenian Institute of Hop Research and Brewing followed new trends in the brewing industry and by including the different disease resistances, new protected varieties were released. Till now the most established new varieties are Styrian Gold and Styrian Wolf, following by the others presented in hop variety catalogues Styrian Hops Variety Catalogues.