Crud! My 5 year old moved my hop labels!!

[ftlstrings]

How can I distinguish between chinook and sterling hop plants? Come harvest time I can do a three-way with known hops, but I'm curious if there's a way to positively ID them from leaves alone. Im almost positive that the hop to the east was the sterling, but I can't be sure.

Mike.

 

[day_trippr]

Chinook grow longish cones, compared to my other strains (Cascade, Centennial and Fuggles). The Centennial and Fuggles grow rounded cones, the Cascades more elongated than round, but not as long as the Chinook. Also, Chinook tends to be pretty intensely aromatic, which may help you differentiate...

Cheers!

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

Looking at these
http://beerlegends.com/sterling-hops
http://beerlegends.com/chinook-hops

It looks like the easiest way to tell the difference would be to compare the luplin color when you harvest them. From looking at this they should be on opposite sides of the spectrum. Sterling will have a light yellow, Chinook a darker mustard brown yellow.