an English hop high in bittering potential and showing typical English aroma, bred by Peter Darby at the Wye College from Challenger and Northdown parents. Admiral has high alpha-acids levels (13%–16% w/w) and moderate oil levels (1.0–1.7 ml/100 g) with an aroma that is described as “pleasant,” or “English.” It has moderate storageability and is only slightly resistant to verticillium wilt. It was developed to replace Wye Target as a high alpha variety but did not actually take hold commercially because it did not have sufficient tolerance of verticillium wilt. It was recorded as moderately resistant in its first test but it soon became obvious during the farm trial stages that it lacked sufficient resistance to withstand infection in most of the hop areas where the disease was endemic. It was released as a variety known to show only slight resistance; however, it had to be classified as “resistant” to distinguish it from the highly susceptible varieties such as Fuggle or Goldings. The variety Pilgrim (released to UK growers in 2001, and registered for PVR (plant variety rights) in 2006) has replaced Wye Target to a much greater extent than Admiral. At the 2009 harvest, there were 114 acres (46 ha) of Admiral grown with an average alpha-acid content of 16.4%. Of this area, 104 acres (42 ha) were grown in the UK and 10 acres (4 ha) in Belgium.