Triumph (Barley) is the anglicized name of a spring brewing barley variety that was bred in the former East Germany and released there in 1973 under the name “Trumpf.” Triumph has an impressive pedigree that reaches directly back to the hallowed Czech “Old-Haná agroecotype” of the mid-1800s. See haná (barley). It has great malting qualities and generates excellent yields per hectare in most regions. In addition, it has outstanding lodging resistance because of its short, stiff straw, which is the result of gamma ray mutation of one of its ancestors, the Czech cultivar Valtice (or Valtický), developed between the two world wars. A selection among these mutants led to the sturdy Czech Diamant, a variety released in 1965, which was reported to be 15 cm (6 inches) shorter and 12% higher in agricultural yield than Valtice because it carried the sdw1 dwarfing gene. See lodging resistance. Diamant featured in the pedigrees of more than 150 barley varieties, of which Triumph became one of the most successful, both as a cultivar in its own right and as a foundation stock for further spring barley breeding. During malting, Triumph showed rapid modification of the protein matrix, thus releasing starch and giving favorable extract values in the brewhouse. In the field, however, it lacked resistance to scald (Rhynchosporium), whereas extensive cultivation led to breakdown of its mildew and leaf rust resistance. By the mid-1990s, Triumph began to be succeeded by newer cultivars, many of which were bred from Triumph as one of their progenitor varieties.