Dirty Forest Hippie Vibes IPA by Cloudburst Brewing: the hops, explained

What it'll taste like

Blueberry
Cannabis
Citrus
Dank
Floral
Grapefruit
Herbal
Mango
Passionfruit
Pine
Strawberry
Tropical fruit

What the 2 hops smell like, most shared first — from the hop growers' and breeders' own notes, not the brewery's. 2 from USA.

The hop bill

Mosaic
USA · Dual purpose

Blueberry, Mango, Tropical fruit, Citrus, Herbal, Pine

Bitterness High 10–15% α

Aroma oil 0.5–3 mL

Mostly myrcene 53%, humulene 15%

Grown 2025: 2,246 ac Washington · 684 ac Oregon · 558 ac Idaho
Strata
USA

Passionfruit, Strawberry, Grapefruit, Cannabis, Dank

Bitterness Very high 12–15% α

Aroma oil 2.3–3.5 mL

Mostly myrcene 63%, humulene 28%

Grown 2025: 326 ac Oregon

In the order Cloudburst Brewing lists them: Dirty Forest Hippie Vibes IPA IPA | 6.7% ABV | 53 IBU This beer, brewed with Mosaic and Strata hops, is the embodiment of a many miles long muddy hike in the Hoh Rainforest (i.e. more beautiful than tough) while you’re pleasantly stoned from a tropical tasting gummy edible and as you find yourself intently staring at a MASSIVE fern in shades of indescribable GREEN, you trip over an exposed roo.... 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

Circle Yes Or No IPA Cloudburst Brewing · shares Mosaic, Strata
Not A Scientist Cloudburst Brewing · shares Mosaic, Strata
West Coast IPA Breakside Brewery · shares Mosaic, Strata
Summer Pale Ale Chuckanut Brewery · shares Mosaic, Strata
LIGO West Coast IPA Ecliptic Brewing · shares Mosaic, Strata

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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.

In Brooks’s glass

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