Going Public IPA by Cloudburst Brewing: the hops, explained

What it'll taste like

Citrus
Elderflower
Floral
Gooseberry
Grapefruit
Guava
Orchard fruit
Passionfruit
Pine
Spice
Woody

What the 3 hops smell like, most shared first — from the hop growers' and breeders' own notes, not the brewery's. 3 from USA.

The hop bill

Vista
USA

No aroma descriptors on file yet.

Bitterness High 9–12% α

Aroma oil 1.2–2.4 mL

Mostly myrcene 56%, humulene 27%
Comet
USA

Orchard fruit, Elderflower, Passionfruit, Gooseberry, Guava

Bitterness High 8–12.4% α

Aroma oil 1–2 mL

Grown 2025: 209 ac Washington
Cascade
USA · Dual purpose

Grapefruit, Citrus, Floral, Spice, Pine, Woody

Bitterness Moderate 4.5–8% α

Aroma oil 0.7–1.5 mL

Mostly myrcene 46%, humulene 15%

Grown 2025: 1,719 ac Washington · 487 ac Oregon

In the order Cloudburst Brewing lists them: Going Public IPA IPA | 6.7% ABV | 58 IBU Ok this week we’re taking our hop bill PUBLIC. Like, with 100% public varieties – Vista, Comet, Cascade – grown by farms in Washington (Tributary & Loza), Oregon (Crosby & Goschie), and Idaho (Jackson), in the form of T90 pellets, Cryo & CGX to boot! Why? Because public hops are important! These varieties are funded by the USDA, with help from some univ.... 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

Constant Lupulin Satisfaction IPA Cloudburst Brewing · shares Vista, Cascade
Free Taste* IPA Cloudburst Brewing · shares Comet, Cascade
Draft Only Georgetown Brewing · shares Comet, Cascade
Energy Cone Single Hill Brewing · shares Comet, Cascade
Joy Ride IPA Stoup Brewing · shares Comet, Cascade

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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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