Hop Research Center Hüll

The Hop Research Center Hüll (Hopfenforschungszentrum Hüll) is a research institution focussing on advances in hop breeding, hop harvesting, and hop chemistry. It is located in the Hallertau, the largest continuous hop-planting area in the world, in the German state of Bavaria. The institute is run by the German Hop Research Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hopfenforschung) and the Bavarian state.

Hopfenforschungszentrum Hüll
Established1926
FocusHop
OwnerDeutsche Gesellschaft für Hopfenforschung; Bavarian state
Formerly calledHans-Pfülf-Institut
Location
Hüll (Wolnzach)
,
Bavaria
,
Germany
Websitehttp://www.hopfenforschung.de/

History

The Hop Research Society was founded in 1926 in response to an endemic of downy mildew in Germany. It was endowed with a land grant of 71 Ha in Hüll for the conduction of hop breeding experiments to generate mildew-resistant hop cultivars. In 1962, a research institute was built on the site. Originally named the Hans-Pfülf-Institut after the then president of the German Brewers Federation, it was later renamed to the current Hopfenforschungszentrum Hüll.[1]

Under its first research director, Hugo Hampp (from 1926 to 1944), the institute focussed on countering the Peronosporaceae infections of the hop plants, which were causing downy mildew, primarily by means of pesticides. Hampp's successor, Friedrich Zattler (from 1944 to 1970), shifted the focus towards breeding of mildew-resistant hop varieties. This resulted in the new varieties Hüller Anfang (1962), Hüller Aroma (1962), Hüller Fortschritt (1964), Hüller Bitterer (1970), and Hallertauer Gold (1974).[1]

The Hop Research Center's third director, Johann Maier (from 1971 to 1973), expanded the field of research to hop chemistry and hop oils. Under his presidency, the Bavarian ministry of agriculture joined the Hop Research Society, and the Hop Research Center became a subsidiary of the Bavarian state. Today, the institute is run in public–private partnership between the Hop Research Society and the Bavarian state.[1][2]

Hop varieties

In addition to the above-mentioned mildew-resistant hop varieties, the institute developed a number of aroma hop varieties, including Hallertauer Tradition (1991), Opal, Perle, Saphir, Spalter Select, and Smaragd, as well as the high alpha varieties Hallertauer Magnum (1980), Hallertauer Merkur, Hallertauer Taurus, and Herkules (2005).[3] In response to the global craft beer movement, the institute developed several "special flavor hops": Hallertau Blanc, Huell Melon, Mandarina Bavaria, and Polaris were released in 2012,[2] and Ariana[4] and Callista[5] were released in 2016.

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References
  1. "Hopfen 1973/74" (PDF, 1.5 MB) (in German). Joh. Barth & Sohn, Nürnberg. 1974. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  2. "Hop Research Center Hüll - Annual Report 2015" (PDF, 3.4 MB). Hop Research Center Hüll. March 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  3. "Hop Research Center Hüll" (PDF, 0.2 MB). Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture. 2006. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  4. "Ariana (2010/72/20) Large Scale Field Trials and Brewing Trials" (PDF, 1.2 MB). Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture. 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  5. "Callista (2010/08/33) Large Scale Field Trials and Brewing Trials" (PDF, 1.3 MB). Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture. 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
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