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[No Party JKor]

I was in a microbrewery in London yesterday and I ordered something called 'Top to Bottom 69 Hop Ale'. I didn't think much of the name, except that it was a little cheeky, but when the waitress brought it over she informed me that there are actually 69 different hop varieties in the beer. It was really good too. A nice melding of american and british style pale ales. It reminded me a lot of Mirror Pond with a bit more hop flavor to it. It was at a place called Brew Wharf near the London Bridge tube stop, in case anyone wants to try it.

[ncbeerbrewer]

69 hop varieties? Is there really that many out there? Is this similar to Lagunitas claim about their IPA Made with 43 different hops and 65 various malts, this redolent ale will likely float your boat, whatever planet you're on.Looks like they beat them out too. Sounds like it was a good beer overhopped or not

[No Party JKor]

I tried to name as many as I could in my head as I was drinking it. I lost count. I'm not a multitasker.

[positiveContact]

I wonder if blending that many hops is kind of like how the average human face is the most attractive.

[Mya]

that's pushing the max of commercial availabilty heck hopunion only list about 50

[Big Nake]

Here we go... 1. Admiral 2. Ahtanum 3. Amarillo 4. Amos' Early Bird 5. Bramling 6. Bramling Cross 7. Bravo 8. Brewer's Gold 9. Brewer's Gold (American)10. British Columbia Golding11. Bullion12. Cascade13. Centennial14. Challenger15. Chinook16. Citra17. Cluster 18. Columbia19. Columbus (Tomahawk)20. Comet21. Crystal (Hop)22. Early Green23. East Kent Golding24. Eroica25. First Gold26. Fuggle (American)27. Fuggle (English)28. Galena29. Glacier30. Golding (American)31. Green Bullet32. Hallertau Hallertauer Gold33. Hallertau Hallertauer Mittelfrüher34. Hallertau Hallertauer Tradition35. Hallertau Northern Brewer36. Hallertauer (American)37. Hallertauer Magnum38. Hallertauer Tradition39. Herald40. Hersbrucker Spät41. Horizon42. Liberty43. Lublin (Lubelski)44. Millennium45. Mount Hood46. Mt. Rainier47. New Zealand Hallertauer48. Northdown49. Northern Brewer (American)50. Northern Brewer (British)51. Nugget52. Old English Cluster53. Olympic54. Pacific Coast Cluster55. Pacific Gem56. Perle57. Perle (American)58. Phoenix59. Pilgrim60. Pioneer61. Pride of Kent62. Pride of Ringwood63. Progress64. Saaz (American)65. Saaz (Czech)66. Santiam67. Satus68. Serebrianker69. Simcoe70. Sorachi Ace71. Southern Cross72. Sovereign73. Spalt Select74. Spalt Spalter75. Sterling76. Sticklebract77. Strisselspalt78. Styrian Goldings79. Summit80. Sun81. Super Alpha82. Super Styrians83. Swiss Tettnanger84. Target85. Tettnang Tettnanger86. Tettnanger (American)87. Ultra88. Vanguard89. Warrior90. Whitbread Goldings Variety91. Willamette92. Yakima Cluster93. ZeusClearly, not from memory.

[ncbeerbrewer]

Here we go... 1. Admiral 2. Ahtanum 3. Amarillo 4. Amos' Early Bird 5. Bramling 6. Bramling Cross 7. Bravo 8. Brewer's Gold 9. Brewer's Gold (American)10. British Columbia Golding11. Bullion12. Cascade13. Centennial14. Challenger15. Chinook16. Citra17. Cluster 18. Columbia19. Columbus (Tomahawk)20. Comet21. Crystal (Hop)22. Early Green23. East Kent Golding24. Eroica25. First Gold26. Fuggle (American)27. Fuggle (English)28. Galena29. Glacier30. Golding (American)31. Green Bullet32. Hallertau Hallertauer Gold33. Hallertau Hallertauer Mittelfrüher34. Hallertau Hallertauer Tradition35. Hallertau Northern Brewer36. Hallertauer (American)37. Hallertauer Magnum38. Hallertauer Tradition39. Herald40. Hersbrucker Spät41. Horizon42. Liberty43. Lublin (Lubelski)44. Millennium45. Mount Hood46. Mt. Rainier47. New Zealand Hallertauer48. Northdown49. Northern Brewer (American)50. Northern Brewer (British)51. Nugget52. Old English Cluster53. Olympic54. Pacific Coast Cluster55. Pacific Gem56. Perle57. Perle (American)58. Phoenix59. Pilgrim60. Pioneer61. Pride of Kent62. Pride of Ringwood63. Progress64. Saaz (American)65. Saaz (Czech)66. Santiam67. Satus68. Serebrianker69. Simcoe70. Sorachi Ace71. Southern Cross72. Sovereign73. Spalt Select74. Spalt Spalter75. Sterling76. Sticklebract77. Strisselspalt78. Styrian Goldings79. Summit80. Sun81. Super Alpha82. Super Styrians83. Swiss Tettnanger84. Target85. Tettnang Tettnanger86. Tettnanger (American)87. Ultra88. Vanguard89. Warrior90. Whitbread Goldings Variety91. Willamette92. Yakima Cluster93. ZeusClearly, not from memory.

Oh sure Ken spoil the fun!! I wonder now thinking of it. How many times did they try different hop types to get their combination. I guess sometimes too many ingredients does not ruin a beer.

[BarelyBrews]

Palisade hops.

[armagh]

Honest question: If the vine's DNA is the same and the hop is grown in a different country/region, is it really a diffferent hop? I understand terroir and its effects on flavor, AA, etc., but does that alone make it a separate variety? If you grow Pinot Noir grapes in Burgundy and in Oregon you will get a different tasting wine, but the varietal is the same. It's hard for me to see American Saaz as a different variety than Czech Saaz, but maybe I'm just being pedantic. Hell of a list by the way.

[Mya]

Honest question: If the vine's DNA is the same and the hop is grown in a different country/region, is it really a diffferent hop? I understand terroir and its effects on flavor, AA, etc., but does that alone make it a separate variety? If you grow Pinot Noir grapes in Burgundy and in Oregon you will get a different tasting wine, but the varietal is the same. It's hard for me to see American Saaz as a different variety than Czech Saaz, but maybe I'm just being pedantic. Hell of a list by the way.

American Saaz have ad some USDA tinkering IIRCbut, I see your point though