What it'll taste like
What the 6 hops smell like, most shared first — from the hop growers' and breeders' own notes, not the brewery's. 5 from USA, 1 from Czechia.
The hop bill
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Strawberry, Apricot, Grapefruit, Stone fruit
Bitterness Moderate 7–10% αAroma oil 1–1 mL -
Pine, Resinous, Passionfruit, Grapefruit, Apricot, Dank
Bitterness Very high 10–16% αAroma oil 0.5–3 mLMostly myrcene 59%, humulene 15%Grown 2025: 2,962 ac Washington · 431 ac Oregon · 97 ac Idaho
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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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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
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No aroma descriptors on file yet.
Bitterness Very high 15–18% αAroma oil 1.3–1.7 mLMostly myrcene 63%, humulene 24% -
Cryo
Spice, Onion / garlic, Tomato leaf, Anise
Bitterness Very high 13.9–18% αAroma oil 2.5–3.5 mLMostly myrcene 52%, humulene 31%Grown 2025: 4,115 ac Washington · 775 ac Idaho
In the order Cloudburst Brewing lists them: Double Cone IPA | 8.8% ABV | 70 IBU In this version of Brew Your Friends Beer™, we brewed one of the bestest and brightest WEST COAST IMPERIAL IPAS on the PLANET. Alvarado Street Brewing has been brewing Double Cone since 2014, and it’s been one of the most decorated Imperial IPAs ever since. Most recently in 2023, it won a silver at the World Beer Cup. In 2020, it won a Silver at the GABF. Th...
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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
- Safe Word Triple IPA Breakside Brewery · shares Simcoe, Mosaic, Krush, Columbus
- Belmont Station 28th Anniversary West Coast IPA pFriem Family Brewers · shares Simcoe, Mosaic, Krush, Columbus
- West Coast IPA is UNDead Stoup Brewing · shares Simcoe, Mosaic, Krush, Columbus
- Westies With Our Besties 2026 Stoup Brewing · shares Simcoe, Mosaic, Krush, Columbus
- Dave’s West Coast IPA pFriem Family Brewers · shares Simcoe, Mosaic, Krush, Columbus
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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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