Downward is Heavenward by Holy Mountain Brewing: the hops, explained

What it'll taste like

Floral ×2
Tea ×2
Cinnamon
Grapefruit
Grassy
Herbal
Lemon
Noble
Spice
Tropical fruit

What the 2 hops smell like, most shared first — from the hop growers' and breeders' own notes, not the brewery's. 1 from Germany, 1 from Czechia.

The hop bill

Hersbrucker
Germany

Grapefruit, Floral, Tropical fruit, Lemon, Tea

Bitterness Gentle 1.3–5.9% α

Aroma oil 0.5–1.3 mL
Saaz
Czechia · Aroma

Noble, Herbal, Spice, Cinnamon, Floral, Tea

Bitterness Gentle 1.4–7.5% α

Aroma oil 0.2–1 mL

Mostly myrcene 31%, humulene 27%

Grown 2025: 84 ac Idaho

In the order Holy Mountain Brewing lists them: Downward is Heavenward Rustic Rye Lager Downward is Heavenward is our take on a more agrarian style of lager. We used an old world style of Pilsner malt along with some rye in the mash. Before actually mashing in we lined our tun with Kentucky Bluegrass hay and proceeded like normal. This beer was then hopped in the kettle with a blend of Spalter, Hersbrucker, and Saaz at various additions, th.... 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.

In Brooks’s glass

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