Cascade is a variety of hop developed in the [[United States Department of Agriculture|U.S.D.A.USDA]] breeding program in [[Oregon]] at [[Oregon State University]] and released as aan U.S.American aroma variety in 1971. It originated from an open seed collection in 1956 including an English Fuggle, a Russian Serebrianker hop, and an unknownunspecified male hop variety.<ref name=Oliver>{{cite book|last=Oliver|first=Garrett|title=The Oxford Companion to Beer|year=2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=London|pages=226–227}}</ref> In addition to appealing flavor qualities, researchers were looking for resistance to [[downy mildew]], a threat to hop yards. Cascade was named after the [[Cascade Range|Cascade mountain range]] that runs through the states of [[Washington (state)|Washington]], Oregon and the Canadian province of British Columbia. The hop variety was first used commercially in 1976, by the [[New Albion Brewing Company]], which established it as a signature hop for [[Pale ale#American Pale Ale|American Palepale Alesale]].
