What it'll taste like
What the 6 hops smell like, most shared first — from the hop growers' and breeders' own notes, not the brewery's. 4 from New Zealand, 1 from USA, 1 from Australia.
The hop bill
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Spice, Onion / garlic, Tomato leaf, Anise
Bitterness Very high 13.9–18% αAroma oil 2.5–3.5 mLMostly myrcene 52%, humulene 31%Grown 2025: 4,115 ac Washington · 775 ac Idaho
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Peach, Pineapple, Blueberry, Gooseberry, Blackcurrant
Bitterness Very high 12.3–19.8% αAroma oil 2.6–3.3 mLMostly myrcene 72%, caryophyllene 18% -
extract
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Bitterness Moderate 6.5–9.4% αAroma oil 1–2.8 mLMostly myrcene 75%, farnesene 18% -
White wine, Gooseberry, Passionfruit, Grapefruit, Tropical fruit, Green
Bitterness High 9.5–14.5% αAroma oil 1–2 mLMostly myrcene 35%, humulene 29% -
extract
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Bitterness High 8.8–12% αAroma oil 0.8–2 mLMostly myrcene 59%, humulene 24% -
extract
No aroma descriptors on file yet.
Bitterness Moderate 4.5–6.5% αAroma oil 0.9–1.5 mLMostly myrcene 76%, humulene 13%
In the order Ex Novo Brewing lists them: CTZ, Galaxy, Moteuka Hop Extract, Nelson Sauvin, Rakau Hop Extract, Riwaka Hop Extract
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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
- Antipodal High Five NZ Pils Stoup Brewing · shares Nelson Sauvin, Rakau, Riwaka
- New Zealand Hazy IPA pFriem Family Brewers · shares Motueka, Rakau, Riwaka
- It’s A Thing Cloudburst Brewing · shares Motueka, Nelson Sauvin, Riwaka
- Thriving Metropolis Breakside Brewery · shares Columbus, Nelson Sauvin, Riwaka
- Black Gates Georgetown Brewing · shares Columbus, Nelson Sauvin
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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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