Discovered and introduced by Virgil Gamache Farms in Washington State, Amarillo® Brand VGXP01 cv. is an aroma variety that has recently become one of the top 10 varieties utilized by the craft beer industry in the United States and has strong global appeal especially in US and new world craft beer styles with brewers. It features relatively high alpha acids along with extremely high levels of myrcene for citrus and grapefruit flavours. As a result, it is an excellent dual purpose variety. Amarillo demonstrates good resistance to downy and powdery mildew.

Form

• Type 90 US Hop Pellets

Pack Sizes:

• 100g
• 250g (SAVE 10% OFF 100g Price)
• 500g (SAVE 15% OFF 100g Price)
• 1 Kg (SAVE 20% OFF 100g Price)
• 5 Kg (SAVE 30% OFF 100g Price)

Pedigree

Privately grown and registered by Vigil Gamache Farms Inc it is grown under licence on limited acreage and availability.

Brewing Usage

Aroma

Aroma

Specific aroma descriptors include grapefruit, orange, lemon, melon, apricot and peach.

Possible Substitutions

• Ahtanum
• Cascade
• Centennial
• Chinook
• Simcoe®

Typical Beer Styles

• American Pale Ale
• American India Pale Ale
• American Wheat
• Bitter
• Wheat
• Red

Technical Information:

CROP: 2024 BATCH: PE02746 Alpha 8.5% Moisture 8.2% Oil Content: 1.6 ml/100g ON SPECIAL PRICE!

• Variety: Amarillo®
• Beta Acid 5.5 - 8%
• Co-humulone 20 - 24%
• Total Oil 1 - 2.3 mL/100g
• B-Pinene 0.4 - 0.8% of total oil
• Myrcene 40 - 50% of total oil
• Linalool 0.5 - 0.8% of total oil
• Caryophyllene 7 - 10% of total oil
• Farnesene 6 - 9% of total oil
• Humulene 19 - 24% of total oil
• Geraniol 0.1 - 0.1% of total oil

Brewing Values:

ACID/OIL            RANGE    LOW HIGH

ALPHA ACID      7-11%         0       20 (medium)

BETA ACID         5.5-8%       0        15 (medium)

TOTAL OIL 1-2.3 mL/100g    0          4 (medium/low)

AMARILLO® Hops Usage in BeerCo All Grain Recipe Kits

• Circles - IPA - BeerCo All Grain Recipe Kit
• Hazy Jack - NEIPA - BeerCo All Grain Recipe Kit
• Sunday - Hazy Pale Ale - BeerCo All Grain Recipe Kit

AMARILLO® Hops Usage in Craft Beer

• 4 Pines Brewing Company - Pale Ale