Me and a friend picked and dried about 18 oz of these hops from a friend’s yard. The hop has four pointy leaves that are very symmetrical around the hop. There are also 2 smaller leaves between each of the four large leaves. Looking at pictures of hops, they look like they could be Nugget or Galena. I made up some hop tea with them and it was very hoppy smelling and tasting. I am going to assume they have high alpha. I plan on making a batch of SMaSH ale with 4-5 oz of them to see what they are like. The hop plant has to be very rugged because they are growing in Montana at over 6000 feet in elevation.
I would think the tip of that hop cone is quite distinctive, and likely Chinook
High Alpha are quite powerful bitter smelling, and this variety is described as having a resiny grapefruit aroma if that is true of what you’ve picked then that would clinch it.
That link you provided was the prime source I was using to try to identify the hop. I did not pay too much attention to the Chinook, but now that you mention it, there are a lot of similarities. Thanks.
My dad brought me some mystery rhizomes from a yard in Pony, MT, and I’ve grown them for several years. I used them exclusively in an IPA, and they were quite similar to Chinook.
It would be an amazing coincidence if we were by chance using hops from that same plant! :cheers: