Kiwi's Playhouse IPA by Stoup Brewing: the hops, explained

What it'll taste like

Passionfruit
Peach
Pineapple
Stone fruit
Tropical fruit

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

The hop bill

Riwaka
New Zealand

No aroma descriptors on file yet.

Bitterness Moderate 4.5–6.5% α

Aroma oil 0.9–1.5 mL

Mostly myrcene 76%, humulene 13%
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 Stoup Brewing lists them: Kiwi's Playhouse IPA ABV: 6.30 IBU: 58.00 SRM: 3.00 Categories: IPA, Hop Driven This New Zealand Style IPA is hopped with two NZ favorites, Riwaka and Nectaron. It boasts flavors and aromas of passion fruit, peach and pink grapefruit.. 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

The NEEZ BEEZ IPA Cloudburst Brewing · shares Riwaka, Nectaron
This Is My Work Visa Application Cloudburst Brewing · shares Riwaka, Nectaron
Ridin' Low Great Notion Brewing · shares Riwaka, Nectaron
Imbibe Tribe v#3 7th Anniversary IPA Stoup Brewing · shares Riwaka, Nectaron
New Zealand Hazy IPA pFriem Family Brewers · shares Riwaka, Nectaron

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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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