THE EXACT LINEAGE OF THE PROPRIETARY HOP COLUMBUS IS UNKNOWN. ITS NAMESAKE WAS CREATED IN PART AS THE RESULT OF A LEGAL DISPUTE BETWEEN HOPUNION AND YAKIMA CHIEF WHEN BOTH PARTIES ATTEMPTED TO PATENT THE SAME HOP. YAKIMA CHIEF’S VARIETY WAS NAMED TOMAHAWK®. AFTER AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED, BOTH NAMES WERE REGISTERED. THEY ARE TECHNICALLY THE SAME HOP HOWEVER. BRAND MAY VARY.