Flavour and Aroma
Pilgrim has a deeply fruity, spicy, yet unusually pleasant, lemon/grapefruit aroma with flavour characteristics including verdant, berries and pears.
Bittering Characteristics
As a bittering hop it provides a refreshing, full-bodied and rounded bitterness.
Flavour Intensity
6/10
About this Hop
With a much hoppier aroma due to its higher levels of Humulene and Challenger-like Selinene, it works well as a bittering or late aroma hop.
Breeding
Bred at Horticulture Research International (HRI), Wye College in the UK. Pilgrim was a new variety released in 2001. With its plump and oval cone structure, it is highly tolerant to wilt and has a good resistance to both Powdery and Downy Mildews. It has excellent storage stability of the resins.
Analysis
Alpha acid: 9-13%
Beta acid: 4.0-5.0%
Co-Humulone: 35%
Total Oils: 1-1.8%
Myrcene: 30-35%
Humulene: 21-25%
Farnesene: 0.3%