The Hop Aquatic by Cloudburst Brewing: the hops, explained

Fresh hop beer. Fresh (or “wet”) hops go from the bine to the kettle within hours, never kilned. The figures below are for the dried hop; fresh ones carry the same oils in a greener, brighter form, and brewers use several times the weight.

What it'll taste like

Dank ×2
Grapefruit ×2
Passionfruit ×2
Apricot
Cannabis
Pine
Resinous
Strawberry
Woody

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

Strata
USA

from Goschie Farms

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
Simcoe
USA · Dual purpose

Fresh hop, from Goschie Farms

Pine, Resinous, Passionfruit, Grapefruit, Apricot, Dank

Bitterness Very high 10–16% α

Aroma oil 0.5–3 mL

Mostly myrcene 59%, humulene 15%

Grown 2025: 2,962 ac Washington · 431 ac Oregon · 97 ac Idaho

In the order Cloudburst Brewing lists them: The Hop Aquatic Wet Hop IPA | 6.3% ABV | 57 IBU Here. WE. GOOOOOOOOO!!!!! This is our first Wet Hop IPA out of the gates for Harvest Year 2022. As is the custom, this beer is loaded with 18#/bbl of FRESH GREEN WHOLE CONE Strata from Goschie Farms in Silverton, Oregon. But wait, there’s more! In addition to using some Strata in the dry hop, we also used some frozen fresh Simcoe as well. Why? BE.... 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

Death By Wetness IPA Cloudburst Brewing · shares Strata, Simcoe
Sentimental Value Cloudburst Brewing · shares Strata, Simcoe
Game Beer Fast Fashion · shares Strata, Simcoe
LIGO West Coast IPA Ecliptic Brewing · shares Strata, Simcoe
To The Extreme Ex Novo Brewing · shares Strata, Simcoe

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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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