Destinations Unknown IPA (Collab With Ninkasi and Breakside) by Stoup Brewing: the hops, explained

What it'll taste like

Anise
Cannabis
Dank
Grapefruit
Onion / garlic
Passionfruit
Spice
Strawberry
Tomato leaf

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

Columbus
USA

Spice, Onion / garlic, Tomato leaf, Anise

Bitterness Very high 13.9–18% α

Aroma oil 2.5–3.5 mL

Mostly myrcene 52%, humulene 31%

Grown 2025: 4,115 ac Washington · 775 ac Idaho
Strata
USA

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
Cashmere
USA

No aroma descriptors on file yet.

Bitterness Moderate 7–10% α

Aroma oil 0.5–1.8 mL

Mostly myrcene 50%, humulene 34%

Grown 2025: 186 ac Washington

In the order Stoup Brewing lists them: Destinations Unknown IPA (Collab With Ninkasi and Breakside) ABV: 6.20 IBU: 58.00 SRM: 0.00 Categories: Hop Driven, IPA, Northwest This west coast IPA is a collaboration between Ninkasi and our friends at Breakside Brewery and Stoup Brewing! This IPA is medium gold and highlights citrus, resinous, delicious dank notes from the Columbus, Strata, and Cashmere hops used to brew this beer. Let us k.... 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

Mr. Lager’s Neighborhood Pelican Brewing · shares Strata, Cashmere
Purple Tie Dye IPA Cloudburst Brewing · shares Columbus, Strata, Cashmere
All Sales Final Cloudburst Brewing · shares Columbus, Cashmere
April Georgetown Brewing · shares Columbus, Strata
CompuTown Georgetown Brewing · shares Columbus, 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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