Fresh Hop Strata IPA by pFriem Family Brewers: 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

Strata
USA

Fresh hop

Passionfruit, Strawberry, Grapefruit, Cannabis, Dank

Bitterness Very high 12–15% α

Aroma oil 2.3–3.5 mL

Mostly myrcene 63%, humulene 28%

Grown 2025: 326 ac Oregon

In the order pFriem Family Brewers lists them: Strata. 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

Stratadelic Aslan Brewing · shares Strata
Static Shatter Block 15 Brewing · shares Strata
Aqua Seafoam Shame Cloudburst Brewing · shares Strata
Stratabulous! IPA Cloudburst Brewing · shares Strata
Fresh Hop West Coast Pilsner Ladd & Lass Brewing · shares Strata

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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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