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.
What it'll taste like
What the 2 hops smell like, most shared first — from the hop growers' and breeders' own notes, not the brewery's. 2 from USA.
The hop bill
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Fresh hop
Passionfruit, Strawberry, Grapefruit, Cannabis, Dank
Bitterness Very high 12–15% αAroma oil 2.3–3.5 mLMostly myrcene 63%, humulene 28%Grown 2025: 326 ac Oregon
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Earthy, Floral, Herbal, Woody, Spice, Orchard fruit
Bitterness Moderate 3.8–8% αAroma oil 0.5–1.6 mLMostly myrcene 33%, humulene 26%Grown 2025: 227 ac Oregon · 199 ac Washington · 158 ac Idaho
In the order Stoup Brewing lists them: Strata Fresh Hop Fiend ABV: 6.70 IBU: 0.00 SRM: 4.00 Categories: IPA, Northwest, Fresh Hop, Hop Driven The second in our 2026 Fresh Hop Fiend series, Strata Fresh Hop Fiend is packed with 300 lbs. per batch of Strata fresh hops from our friends at Coleman Agriculture in the Willamette Valley, OR. Strata brings aromas of melon and passion fruit. Drink it fast and fresh!
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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.
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