West Coast IPA is Dead by Cloudburst Brewing: the hops, explained

What it'll taste like

Citrus ×2
Grapefruit ×2
Mango ×2
Passionfruit ×2
Pine ×2
Tropical fruit ×2
Apricot
Blueberry
Dank
Floral
Herbal
Lime

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

Simcoe
USA · Dual purpose

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
Mosaic
USA · Dual purpose

Blueberry, Mango, Tropical fruit, Citrus, Herbal, Pine

Bitterness High 10–15% α

Aroma oil 0.5–3 mL

Mostly myrcene 53%, humulene 15%

Grown 2025: 2,246 ac Washington · 684 ac Oregon · 558 ac Idaho
Citra
USA · Dual purpose

Passionfruit, Mango, Grapefruit, Citrus, Tropical fruit, Lime

Bitterness High 11–14.3% α

Aroma oil 2.2–2.8 mL

Mostly myrcene 60%, humulene 12%

Grown 2025: 5,327 ac Washington · 1,525 ac Oregon · 729 ac Idaho

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Beers like this one · the closest hop bills on file

Topcutter IPA Bale Breaker Brewing · shares Simcoe, Mosaic, Citra
Shine, Dream, Smile Breakside Brewery · shares Simcoe, Mosaic, Citra
Even More So IPA Cloudburst Brewing · shares Simcoe, Mosaic, Citra
No New Friends IPA Cloudburst Brewing · shares Simcoe, Mosaic, Citra
Trinity West Coast IPA pFriem Family Brewers · shares Simcoe, Mosaic, Citra

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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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