Sapporo Breweries Limited

Yasunori Arai

Yutaka Itoga

Masanobu Goto

Narushi Suda

Koichiro Koie

Mitsuhiro Uemoto

Seigi Kuji

Tokio Tanikoshi

A new hop plant particularly distinguished by having a cylindrical to club plant shape, an alpha acid content of 8.3%, a ratio content of beta to alpha of 0.58, and a citrus flavor, is disclosed.

Hop plant named 'Furano 1501U Go'

A new hop plant particularly distinguished by having a cylindrical plant shape, large bracts, and a fruity, tropical fruit flavor, is disclosed.

Hop plant named 'Furano K906901060 Go'

A new hop plant particularly distinguished by having a cylindrical plant shape, alpha acid content of 13.4% in dry matter, a ratio content of beta to alpha of 0.6, a content of cohumulone to alpha acids of 32%, and a flowery and fruity flavor, is disclosed.

Hop plant named 'Furano 0902D go'

A new hop plant particularly distinguished by having a conical plant shape, alpha acid content of 4.2% in dry matter, a ratio content of beta to alpha of 1.1, a content of cohumulone to alpha acids of 48%, and a fruity, grape and citrus flavor, is disclosed.

Hop plant named 'Furano 0802D go'

A new hop plant particularly distinguished by having a cylindrical plant shape, alpha acid content of 7.4% in dry matter, a ratio content of beta to alpha of 0.5, a content of cohumulone to alpha acids of 33%, and a flowery, rose flavor, is disclosed.

Hop plant named 'Furano 0901B go'

A new and distinct variety of Hops, named Hokuto-Ace, is described, which matures rapidly, has excellent bitterness and aroma, and exhibits increased disease resistance, particularly toward downy mildew and gray mold.

Growing community of inventors

Hokkaido, Japan

Yasunori Arai