“鄂啤4号”，系湖北省荆州地区农科所于1984年采用有性杂交筛选而成。该品种属啤酒大麦，是酿造啤酒的最佳原料，丰产性好，早熟、抗病、抗倒、耐湿、耐低温，是江汉平原多熟制的最佳前连。1993年经湖北省农作物品种审定委员会审定并命名推广。特征特性该品种属弱春性，苗期生 “Hubei Beer 4”, Department of Agricultural Sciences in Jingzhou, Hubei Province in 1984 by sexual screening. The variety is beer barley, brewing beer is the best raw materials, high yield, early maturity, disease resistance, anti-down, moisture resistance, low temperature, is more than Jianghan Plain cooked before the best. In 1993 by the Hubei Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee approved and named promotion. Characteristics of the species is weak spring sex, seedling students