Saaz Hops

Name: Saaz Hops
SKU: 6081
Availability: BackOrder

$10.15 – $75.00

Saaz is the famous aroma landrace variety originating in the Czech area of the same name. It has very mild, pleasant noble hoppy notes perfectly suited for and defines the Czech-style pilsner beers.

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Description

Saaz Hops

Alpha: 2.7%
Crop: 2023

Breeding/Development

Czech Republic. Named for the town of Zatec, Saaz is the major landrace variety of the hopyards of the Czech Republic and the quintessential noble hop. It accounts for over 80% of the total acreage in its home country.

Brewing Application

Aroma. Indispensable for authentic Bohemian-style Pilsner, Saaz possesses a mild but distinctively spicy, pungent quality that is equally at home in other pale lager styles as well as Belgian and farmhouse ales.

Sensory

Soft, pleasantly spicy and herbal with vivid woodsy, earthy, and dark floral character. Distinctively “hoppy” in pale worts. Rootstock grown elsewhere doesn’t have the same range or balance as Czech flowers.

Botanical Classification:
Family: Cannabaceae
Genus: Humulus
Species: Lupulus

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