Belgravia spring malting barley is fully approved by the Institute of Brewing & Distilling for malt and grain distilling

Technical & Marketing Guide

Belgravia is a spring malting barley with a high yield potential, medium length straw and very good all-round disease resistance. It has a high Hot Water Extract (HWE) and is particularly suited to distilling, being a non Glycosidic Nitrile (GN) producer. Belgravia is fully approved for malt and grain distilling by the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD).

 

PEDIGREE
Minstrel x Westminster

VERY HIGH YIELDING (% Treated Controls)

 

 BELGRAVIA Optic
Treated Trials 100 95
Untreated Trials 91 79

REGIONAL TREATED TRIALS (% Treated Controls)

 
BELGRAVIA
 Optic
North East 100 96
East 101 93
West 101 98
 North West
101
92

Belgravia has produced very high yields in the major malting barley growing regions.

GOOD LODGING RESISTANCE
  BELGRAVIA Optic
Resistance to Lodging 7 8
Straw Height (cm) Untreated 76 75
Resistance to Brackling 8 4

Belgravia has medium length straw combined with good lodging and brackling resistance.
EARLY MATURITY
  BELGRAVIA
Optic
Ripening
(days +/- Optic)		 +1 0

Belgravia is slightly later to mature than Optic.

 

GOOD ALL-ROUND DISEASE RESISTANCE
 
BELGRAVIA
Optic
Mildew
9
5
Yellow Rust

7
8
Brown Rust
6
7
Rhynchosporium
8
4

Belgravia has excellent resistance to mildew and Rhynchosporium and good resistance to brown rust. In Scottish trials Belgravia has shown very good resistance to Ramularia and excellent green leaf retention.

GOOD SPECIFIC WEIGHT & VERY LOW SCREENINGS

 

 BELGRAVIA Optic
Specific Weight (kg/hl) 68.2 69.7
Sieving (% thro' 2.25mm sieve) 1.2 1.4
Sieving (% thro' 2.5mm sieve) 3.7 4.7


IDEAL MALTING VARIETY


BELGRAVIA Optic
Hot Water Extract (l°/kg) 312.1 312.5
Nitrogen Content (%) 1.58 1.56

Belgravia has a high Hot Water Extract (HWE), is a non Glycosidic Nitrile (GN) producer and has good enzyme activity, giving good potential for both malt and grain distilling. It is fully approved by the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD) for grain and malt distilling.

 

 

 

 

Data from the HGCA Recommended Lists database, full data at www.hgca.com

On the 1-9 scales, high figures indicate that the variety shows the character to a high degree.

Bred by Nickerson.

 

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