What it'll taste like
What the 5 hops smell like, most shared first — from the hop growers' and breeders' own notes, not the brewery's. 4 from New Zealand, 1 from USA.
The hop bill
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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% -
No aroma descriptors on file yet.
Bitterness Moderate 4.5–6.5% αAroma oil 0.9–1.5 mLMostly myrcene 76%, humulene 13% -
Pineapple, Passionfruit, Peach, Tropical fruit, Stone fruit
Bitterness High 10.5–11.5% αAroma oil 1.6–1.9 mLMostly myrcene 79%, humulene 21% -
No aroma descriptors on file yet.
Bitterness Moderate 6–8% αAroma oil 0.8–1.3 mLMostly myrcene 65%, humulene 19% -
Mango, Orange, Peach, Guava, Passionfruit
Bitterness High 10–14.1% αAroma oil 1.5–3 mLMostly myrcene 61%, humulene 22%Grown 2025: 331 ac Washington
In the order Breakside Brewery lists them: NELSON SAUVIN, RIWAKA, NECTARON, TAIHEKE, KRUSH
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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
- The NEEZ BEEZ IPA Cloudburst Brewing · shares Nelson Sauvin, Riwaka, Nectaron
- This Is My Work Visa Application Cloudburst Brewing · shares Nelson Sauvin, Riwaka, Nectaron
- Ridin' Low Great Notion Brewing · shares Nelson Sauvin, Riwaka, Nectaron
- Imbibe Tribe v#3 7th Anniversary IPA Stoup Brewing · shares Nelson Sauvin, Riwaka, Nectaron
- pFriem + Breakside New Zealand IPA pFriem Family Brewers · shares Nelson Sauvin, Nectaron, Krush
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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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