USDA ACCESSION NO.: 21222

SELECTION: Selected in the 1970's at Parma, Idaho by Dr. Robert R. Romanko.

GENUS: Humulus

SPECIES: lupulus

CULTIVAR: Aquila

PEDIGREE: Open-pollinated Brewer's Gold (USDA 19001) seedling

PRIMARY SITE: USDA-ARS World Hop Cultivar Collection, Corvallis, Oregon, OSU East Farm

ORIGIN: Seedling selection, I 33-6

DATE RECEIVED: Spring 1980

METHOD RECEIVED: Rhizomes

AVAILABILITY: No restrictions

REFERENCES: USDA-ARS Annual Report of Hop Investigations for 1980, p.41.

Haunold, A. 1988. Annual Report to the Hop Research Council, p. 6.

MATURITY: Medium late to late

LEAF COLOR: Light green, similar to Brewer's Gold

SEX: Female

DISEASES: Downy Mildew: moderately resistant

Verticillium wilt: resistant

Viruses: unknown

VIGOR: Very good

YIELD: Very good, 2120 lbs/acre average over a 5-year period

SIDEARM LENGTH: 20-30 inches

ALPHA ACIDS: 7.1% (5-year range 6.7 to 8.9%)

BETA ACIDS: 4.3% (5-year range 4.1 to 4.9%)

COHUMULONE: 46%

STORAGE STABILITY: Poor (retained 40% of original alpha acids after 4 months at room temperature)

OIL: 1.45 ml/100 g

MAJOR TRAITS: High yield potential, some similarities to aroma hops in taste and flavor perception. Bracts conspicuously turned upwards.

OTHER INFORMATION: Established in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho in 3-acre commercial trials in 1987. These trials were expanded to 100 acres in Washington the following year to produce sufficient hops for Anheuser Busch for plant-scale brewing evaluation. Aquila was officially released in 1994. Anheuser Busch lost interest in this hop and it was discontinued from commercial production in 1996.