Beak Breaker Tropical by Pelican Brewing: the hops, explained

What it'll taste like

Passionfruit ×2
Peach ×2
Tropical fruit ×2
Apricot
Citrus
Grapefruit
Lime
Mango
Melon
Mint
Pear
Pineapple

What the 4 hops smell like, most shared first — from the hop growers' and breeders' own notes, not the brewery's. 3 from USA, 1 from New Zealand.

The hop bill

Magnum
USA

No aroma descriptors on file yet.

Bitterness Very high 9–18% α

Aroma oil 1.5–3.9 mL
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
El Dorado
USA

Melon, Pear, Apricot, Tangerine, Mint

Bitterness Very high 12–17% α

Aroma oil 1.5–3.3 mL

Mostly myrcene 70%, humulene 16%

Grown 2025: 434 ac Washington
Nectaron
New Zealand

Pineapple, Passionfruit, Peach, Tropical fruit, Stone fruit

Bitterness High 10.5–11.5% α

Aroma oil 1.6–1.9 mL

Mostly myrcene 79%, humulene 21%

In the order Pelican Brewing lists them: Magnum, Citra, El Dorado, Nectaron. 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

Turbo Tang Ex Novo Brewing · shares Citra, El Dorado
Landscape Drinkers Fast Fashion · shares Citra, El Dorado
13th Doctor Georgetown Brewing · shares Citra, El Dorado
Nectaron Hazy IPA pFriem Family Brewers · shares Citra, Nectaron
Star Party IPA pFriem Family Brewers · shares Citra, El Dorado

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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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