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 New Zealand, 1 from Czechia.
The hop bill
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Peach, Stone fruit, Citrus, Lime, Floral
Bitterness High 10.4–10.4% αAroma oil 1.7–1.7 mL -
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% -
Noble, Herbal, Spice, Cinnamon, Floral, Tea
Bitterness Gentle 1.4–7.5% αAroma oil 0.2–1 mLMostly myrcene 31%, humulene 27%Grown 2025: 84 ac Idaho
In the order Cloudburst Brewing lists them: Quiet Lightning New Zealand Pilsner | 4.7% ABV | 39 IBU We’re ALL IN on this type of Pilsner, and we hope you are too. At first you might not see it coming – it’s light, it’s nuanced, a slightly hoppier Pilsner derivative. But it’s bright and crisp, and those southern hemisphere hop flavors build to FLASH BANG of passionfruit, lemon chiffon and beach grass thanks to a blend of Peacharine, Nels...
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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
- Rolling Hills Cloudburst Brewing · shares Peacharine, Nelson Sauvin, Riwaka
- Have A Great Summer! Ale Cloudburst Brewing · shares Peacharine, Saaz
- Ridin' Low Great Notion Brewing · shares Nelson Sauvin, Riwaka
- Antipodal High Five NZ Pils Stoup Brewing · shares Nelson Sauvin, Riwaka
- Imbibe Tribe v#3 7th Anniversary IPA Stoup Brewing · shares Nelson Sauvin, Riwaka
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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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