What it'll taste like
What the 4 hops smell like, most shared first — from the hop growers' and breeders' own notes, not the brewery's. 3 from USA, 1 from New Zealand.
The hop bill
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Blueberry, Mango, Tropical fruit, Citrus, Herbal, Pine
Bitterness High 10–15% αAroma oil 0.5–3 mLMostly myrcene 53%, humulene 15%Grown 2025: 2,246 ac Washington · 684 ac Oregon · 558 ac Idaho
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Grapefruit, Anise, Herbal, Pineapple, Blackcurrant
Bitterness High 10.7–15% αAroma oil 1.5–2.5 mLGrown 2025: 954 ac Washington · 103 ac Oregon
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White wine, Gooseberry, Passionfruit, Grapefruit, Tropical fruit, Green
Bitterness High 9.5–14.5% αAroma oil 1–2 mLMostly myrcene 35%, humulene 29% -
Melon, Pear, Apricot, Tangerine, Mint
Bitterness Very high 12–17% αAroma oil 1.5–3.3 mLMostly myrcene 70%, humulene 16%Grown 2025: 434 ac Washington
In the order Breakside Brewery lists them: Mosaic, Chinook, Nelson Sauvin, Eldorado
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From the brewery's page for this beer. Forms like Cryo and CO2 extract are
the same variety processed differently.
Beers like this one · the closest hop bills on file
- India Golden Ale Breakside Brewery · shares Mosaic, Chinook, El Dorado
- Rear Wheel Drive Cloudburst Brewing · shares Mosaic, Chinook, Nelson Sauvin
- Coconut IPA pFriem Family Brewers · shares Mosaic, Chinook, Nelson Sauvin
- Wheat Pale pFriem Family Brewers · shares Mosaic, Chinook, Nelson Sauvin
- Because People Like to Say Salsa Ex Novo Brewing · shares Mosaic, El Dorado
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New to hop talk? What these words mean
- Bitterness (alpha acid)
- How much bite a hop gives when it's boiled. Under 5% is gentle, 13%+ is a bruiser. It's why a West Coast IPA snaps and a pilsner doesn't.
- Aroma oil
- The smelly part of the hop — where the citrus, pine and tropical fruit come from. More oil, more punch when it's added late or dry-hopped.
- Myrcene, humulene…
- The main oils. Lots of myrcene reads fruity and resinous; humulene and caryophyllene read woody, herbal, spicy.
- Aroma / bittering / dual purpose
- What brewers mostly use the hop for: smell, bite, or both.
- Fresh (wet) hop
- Hops straight from the field into the beer, same day, never dried. Only at harvest, late August into October.
- Cryo, CGX, LupoMax, Incognito
- The same hop, processed: concentrated powder or extract, for more aroma with less vegetal taste.
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