Badger First Gold is a:

Brewed using a single variety of hop called First Gold.

First Gold is a relatively new dwarf hop. Grown in hedgerows just 2 ½ meters high it is easier and more efficient to produce healthy vines that require less pesticide. First Gold also gives the beer a subtle orange peel and dried apricot aroma.

The famous beer journalist Michael Jackson comments "it makes for a tangerine-like aroma in a beer that is peachy, juicy and Champagne-like".

Badger First Gold was launched by Badger and CAMRA at the Great British Beer Festival in August 2005.