Psycho-Tropic IPA by Stoup Brewing: the hops, explained

What it'll taste like

Pineapple ×2
Anise
Blackcurrant
Blueberry
Gooseberry
Mint
Peach
Rose
Tea

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

The hop bill

Galaxy
Australia

Peach, Pineapple, Blueberry, Gooseberry, Blackcurrant

Bitterness Very high 12.3–19.8% α

Aroma oil 2.6–3.3 mL

Mostly myrcene 72%, caryophyllene 18%
Bru-1
USA

Pineapple, Anise, Rose, Mint, Tea

Bitterness Very high 12.7–15.7% α

Aroma oil 1–2 mL

In the order Stoup Brewing lists them: Psycho-Tropic IPA ABV: 6.80 IBU: 70.00 SRM: 4.00 Categories: Hop Driven, IPA, Northwest We took three of our favorite and difficult to get hops and made this very unique tasting IPA. Galaxy (aka Unobtainium) for its huge tropical fruit notes. Experiment hop Bru-1 for its deep resiny flavor. Finally the experimental hop HBC-438 bred from a relatively new species of hop from New Mexico. HBC-438 a.... 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.

In Brooks’s glass

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