Jumping back to the hop varietals.
Confirmed: Columbus (CTZ), Simcoe, Amarillo. All US hops.
Per website and sign at brewery, 6 varietals in HT.
HT, first brewed in 2003.
Assumption: 6 hop varietals have not changed, thus, all hops had to be commercially available in 2003.
Assumption not utilized: that the hop varietals used in HT all appear on the sign at the Alchemist. I?m not so sure we can assume this, so I won?t eliminate any just because they aren?t on the sign (ie. they brewed a beer in the past with Horizon but its not on the sign, and its been quoted in this thread he doesn?t like Citra, but its on the sign).
Eliminate:
Apollo (released 2006) x
Bravo (released 2006) x
Citra (released 2007, John not liking it) x
Possible:
Ahtanum
Chinook
Cascade
Centennial
Cluster
Crystal
Fuggle (US)
Glacier
Horizon
Millenium
Nugget
Palisade (unsure when this was released)
Santiam
Summit (unsure when released)
Warrior
Williamette
Possible, but seemingly unlikely:
Brewer?s Gold (US), Chelan, Galena, Mt Hood, Newport, some other much less common varietals.
I also eliminated some very new hops without listing (ie. El Dorado)
I think I got all the major varietals, not certain.
So unfortunately, this is a long list? The most likely, based on the varietals properties (aroma/flavor, as these are all late adds), IMO, would be:
Ahtanum, Chinook, Cascade, Centennial, Crystal, Glacier, Nugget, Williamette.
Second options: Summit (although can get oniony), Warrior (mild dry hop), Fuggle and Horizon, for reasons outlined in the next paragraph.
Other thoughts, Vermont Pub Blackwatch IPA, which Kimmich brewed before starting the Alchemist, used both Horizon and Fuggle, including dry hopping with Fuggle. Other, now retired, Alchemist beers, according to their website, include a beer dry hopped with Warrior/Simcoe, a single hop Nugget IPA, a single hopped Warrior APA, and a mild ale hopped with Horizon. So we know he is quite familiar and uses these hops in other beers.
X ? Source:
http://www.usahops.org/userfiles/fi...ety Manual - English (updated March 2011).pdf
Any discerning hop noses have thoughts? Anyone from Vermont want to bribe their delivery driver to getting a copy of their hop delivery packing list?