THE QUALITY YOU FEEL

Production of hop in the valley Savinska dolina began in the second half of the 19th century.

From that first plantations it steadily grew to about 300 tons in 1945 and reached even 4000 tons per year in the following decades.

Nowadays hop is cultivated on 1200 ha and production amounts to around 2500 tons.

Four varieties are basically produced in our region:

• AURORA – SUPER STYRIAN
• SAVINJSKI GOLDING
• CELEIA – STYRIAN GOLDING
• BOBEK

All of them are aromatic. The Aurora -Super Styrian is well known by an outstandingly high alpha (about 8%), while other varieties are characterized by specific aromas, ascribed to the local climate influence.

Trade company Inbarco is a traditional exporter of Slovenian hops. We sell them in Germany, Great Britain, America, Eastern Europe and Far East. Our hops are used by all major world breweries like Inbev, SAB-Miller, Anheuser Busch, Heineken, Baltik Beverage. Of course our hops also take an important part in the production of Slovenian breweries Pivovarna Laško and Pivovarna Union.

Production of hops in Slovenia is monitored by the Žalec Institute of Hop-growing and Beer-making. Our hop market is controlled by Hop Commission, which is a state institution. The Commission processes all data related to hop production in Slovenia and is authorised to issue certificates of quality on the base of cultivation report, visual examination and laboratory analyses.

Hops are exported in various manners:

1. Hop cones
Packed in 60 to 80 kg bags. These cones are usually intended for further compression (pellets, plugs) or extraction.

2. Hops in type 90 pellets
- Pellets are vacuum packed in 5 or 10 kg aluminum bags. Four or five such bags are put in the cardboard box, 12 to 15 such boxes form one euro-pallet. Brikete so vakumsko pakirane v alumo vrečah teže 5 ali 10 kg. Po 4 do 5 takih vreč je vloženih v kartonsko škatlo, 12 do 15 kartonov pa na evro paleto.

3. Hop extracts

SAVINJSKI GOLDING

• AN ECOTYPE OF FUGGLE GROWN IN SLOVENIA AS AN OLD TRADITIONAL AROMATIC VARIETY
• WIDESPREAD, USED FOR BREWING TRADITIONAL BEERS OF ALL KINDS
• CLASSICAL NOBLE HOPPY AROMA

CHARACTERISTICS:
• Medium size oval cones
• Early maturing
• Good resistance to wilt, moderate resistance to peronospora and powdery mildew
• Yield: 1200 - 1800 kg/ha
• Very good storage stability

ACIDS COMPONENTS
Alpha Acids: 2,8 - 5,5 % w/w
Beta Acids: 2,5 - 3,5 % w/w
Cohumolone: 27 - 31 % of alpha acids

OIL COMPONENTS
Total Oil: 0,5 - 1,5 %
Myrcene: 27 - 33 %
Humulene: 20 - 35 %
Caryophyllene: 9 - 12 %
Farnesene: 6 - 8 %

AURORA (SUPER STYRIAN)

• THIS VARIETY WAS WELL ACCEPTED THANKS TO ITS PLEASANT AROMA COMBINED WITH MODERATE BITTERNESS
• WELL SUITABLE FOR EXTRACTION AND COMBINATION WITH OTHER VARIETIES

CHARACTERISTICS:
• Small to medium size oval cones
• Medium to late maturing
• Good resistance to wilt, peronospora and powdery mildew
• Yield: 1600 - 2200 kg/ha
• Very good storage stability

ACIDS COMPONENTS
Alpha Acids: 7,0 - 9,5 % w/w
Beta Acids: 2,7 - 4,4 % w/w
Cohumolone: 22 - 26 % of alpha acids

OIL COMPONENTS
Total Oil: 0,9 - 1,6 %
Myrcene: 20 - 25 %
Humulene: 20 - 25 %
Caryophyllene: 6 - 9 % Farnesene: 5 - 10 %

CELEIA (STYRIAN GOLDING)

• NEW AROMATIC VARIETY INTRODUCED IN EARLY 1980’S
• HYBRID BETWEEN SAVINJSKI GOLDING, AURORA AND SLOVENIAN WILD HOPS.
• CELEIA HARMONICALLY COMBINES ITS MODERATE BITTERNESS WITH GENTLE AND PLEASANT AROMA.

CHARACTERISTICS:
• Medium size oval cones
• Late maturing
• Medium resistance to powdery and to downey mildew, good resistance to wilt
• Yield: 1700 - 2000 kg/ha
• Very good storage stability

ACIDS COMPONENTS
Alpha Acids: 3,5 - 7,5 % w/w
Beta Acids: 2,0 - 3,3 % w/w
Cohumolone: 26 - 29 % of alpha acids

OIL COMPONENTS
Total Oil: 0,6 - 3,6 %
Myrcene: 26 - 35 %
Humulene: 18 - 23 %
Caryophyllene: 8 - 9 %
Farnesene: 3 - 7 %

BOBEK

• AROMATIC VARIETY GROWN IN SLOVENIA SINCE 1975
• ITS MILD, EXCELLENT AROMA IS COUPLED WITH MODERATE BITTERNESS.

CHARACTERISTICS:
• Small to medium size oval cones
• Medium late maturing
• Good resistance to wilt, moderate resistance to powdery mildew
• Yield: 1600 - 2000 kg/ha
• Good storage stability

ACIDS COMPONENTS
Alpha Acids: 3,5 - 7,8 % w/w
Beta Acids: 4,0 - 6,1 % w/w
Cohumolone: 27 - 31 % of alpha acids

OIL COMPONENTS
Total Oil: 0,7 - 4,0 %
Myrcene: 30 - 45 %
Humulene: 13 - 19 %
Caryophyllene: 4 - 6 %
Farnesene: 4 - 7 %