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. 5 from USA.
The hop bill
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Grapefruit, Anise, Herbal, Pineapple, Blackcurrant
Bitterness High 10.7–15% αAroma oil 1.5–2.5 mLGrown 2025: 954 ac Washington · 103 ac Oregon
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Apricot, Grapefruit, Melon, Creamy, Tea
Bitterness Moderate 6.7–11% αAroma oil 1–2 mLGrown 2025: 1,158 ac Washington · 503 ac Idaho · 213 ac Oregon
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Grapefruit, Citrus, Floral, Spice, Pine, Woody
Bitterness Moderate 4.5–8% αAroma oil 0.7–1.5 mLMostly myrcene 46%, humulene 15%Grown 2025: 1,719 ac Washington · 487 ac Oregon
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Passionfruit, Mango, Grapefruit, Citrus, Tropical fruit, Lime
Bitterness High 11–14.3% αAroma oil 2.2–2.8 mLMostly myrcene 60%, humulene 12%Grown 2025: 5,327 ac Washington · 1,525 ac Oregon · 729 ac Idaho
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Cryo
Citrus, Grapefruit, Lemon, Floral, Pine, Resinous
Bitterness High 7.8–11.5% αAroma oil 0.8–2.5 mLMostly myrcene 52%, humulene 13%Grown 2025: 2,122 ac Washington · 417 ac Oregon
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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
- Here We Go Again Cloudburst Brewing · shares Chinook, Cascade, Citra, Centennial
- No Recess IPA Cloudburst Brewing · shares Chinook, Amarillo, Citra, Centennial
- 2.22.22 IPA Stoup Brewing · shares Chinook, Amarillo, Cascade, Citra
- Evolution Aslan Brewing · shares Chinook, Amarillo, Citra, Centennial
- Alpha Comeback Reuben's Brews · shares Chinook, Cascade, Citra, Centennial
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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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