Water Baptism 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.

The hop bill

Simcoe
USA · Dual purpose

Fresh hop

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: Water Baptism IPA | 6.4% ABV | 60 IBU Let it be known that we publicly decree our belief in wet Simcoe ! Hallelujah! Our faith never wavers from that sticky resin, ruby red grapefruit, orange blossom path to salvation! And we renounce those living a life of sin in the shadows of harvest – REPENT! WASH THE GREEN STAINS FROM YOUR HANDS! For we are eternally grateful for the commitment, the promi.... From the brewery's page for this beer. Forms like Cryo and CO2 extract are the same variety processed differently.

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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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