is a medium to high alpha acid hop named after Ringwood, a suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The hop was bred there by A. S. (Bill) Nash, a hop breeder employed by Carlton United Breweries, in the late 1940s to mid 1950s. This work was later continued by the Australian Hop Marketers Ltd, a company that has since merged with the Barth-Haas Group, the world’s largest hop-processing and trading company. The genetic lineage of Pride of Ringwood includes Pride of Kent, an old English aroma hop, as well as an unknown male parent, which probably contributed the hop’s high alpha acid content. Pride of Ringwood was added to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Hop World Cultivar collection in 1966. It matures in early to mid-October, which is too late for it to be suitable for growing conditions in the United States. Its alpha acid content ranges from 9% to 10.5% and its beta acid content from 5.5% to 6%; its cohumulone content averages about 32%. Among its essential oils, 53% is myrcene, 9% to 13% is the spicy caryophyllene, and only 2% to 3% is humulene. This hop has no farnesene. Its aroma is described as earthy, herbal, grassy, and strong; some Australian craft brewers find it objectionable, whereas others seem to enjoy its distinctiveness. Pride of Ringwood was one of the first high alpha acid hops in Australia, where it has now largely been replaced by the newer superalpha varieties Millennium and the Australian-bred Super Pride. Its yield in Australia is a substantial: 2,500 to 3,000 kg/ha (2,230 to 2,676 lb/acre).