APPALOOSA is a very high yielding spring malting variety that has performed especially well in the HGCA Northern and Eastern regions. It has moderately tall, stiff straw and good mildew resistance. Appaloosa's grain quality make it attractive to the malt distilling industry, particularly because of its very low glycosodic nitrile (GN) content and low grain nitrogen content. Appaloosa is now fully approved by the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD) for distilling.
Breeder: Nickerson
Official Trials Status: HGCA (North East), SAC and DANI Recommended Lists. Institute of Brewing and Distilling full approval for distilling.
Appaloosa has produced excellent treated yields in the HGCA Northern and Eastern regions, superior to Optic and Troon. In non-fungicide treated UK trials its performance is similar to Troon.
Appaloosa has characteristics that render it highly attractive to the Scottish malt distilling industry, with a similar hot water exract (HWE) to Optic and a low glycosidic nitrile (GN) content. Initial evaluation suggests that Appaloosa accumulates grain nitrogen at a low level, like Optic, and has a lower grain nitrogen content.
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Appaloosa has similar length straw to Optic with very good lodging (9) and brackling (8) resistance.
Appaloosa has a good disease resistance profile with excellent resistance to mildew and yellow rust. It has similar Rhynchosporium resistance to Optic. In Scottish trials it has shown a very high degree of resistance to Ramularia (8) and good resistance to abiotic leaf spotting.
Appaloosa produces grain with a good specific weight and similar screening levels to Optic. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data from the HGCA Recommended Lists database (unless otherwise stated), full data at www.hgca.com
On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that the variety shows the character to a high degree.
