Fuzz Buster Hazy IPA by Stoup Brewing: the hops, explained

What it'll taste like

Passionfruit ×3
Grapefruit ×2
Mango ×2
Peach ×2
Tropical fruit ×2
Citrus
Gooseberry
Green
Guava
Lime
Orange
White wine

What the 3 hops smell like, most shared first — from the hop growers' and breeders' own notes, not the brewery's. 2 from USA, 1 from New Zealand.

The hop bill

Krush
USA

regularCryo

Mango, Orange, Peach, Guava, Passionfruit

Bitterness High 10–14.1% α

Aroma oil 1.5–3 mL

Mostly myrcene 61%, humulene 22%

Grown 2025: 331 ac Washington
Nelson Sauvin
New Zealand · Dual purpose

White wine, Gooseberry, Passionfruit, Grapefruit, Tropical fruit, Green

Bitterness High 9.5–14.5% α

Aroma oil 1–2 mL

Mostly myrcene 35%, humulene 29%
Citra
USA · Dual purpose

Cryoregular

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

In the order Stoup Brewing lists them: Fuzz Buster Hazy IPA ABV: 7.30 IBU: 58.00 SRM: 4.00 Categories: Hazy, IPA This beer is on the fast track to delicious. Nothing is gonna slow it down. Hazy with a soft malt bill and loads of Krush, Krush Cryo, Nelson Sauvin, Citra Cryo and Citra Spectrum, this beer brings passionfruit, citrus and sweet fruit aromas at speeds that will make your head spin.. 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

Hazy Pale pFriem Family Brewers · shares Krush, Nelson Sauvin, Citra
pFriem + Three on a Match West Coast IPA pFriem Family Brewers · shares Krush, Nelson Sauvin, Citra
The Mighty Bine IPA - Brewed for The Bine's 5th Anniversary Stoup Brewing · shares Krush, Nelson Sauvin, Citra
F!X Lager Stoup Brewing · shares Krush, Citra
Albatross Breakside Brewery · shares Nelson Sauvin, Citra

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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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