Viafuct IPA by Stoup Brewing: the hops, explained

What it'll taste like

Citrus
Grapefruit
Lime
Mango
Passionfruit
Peach
Tropical fruit

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

Waimea
New Zealand

No aroma descriptors on file yet.

Bitterness Very high 15–18% α

Aroma oil 1.5–2.3 mL

Mostly myrcene 72%, humulene 14%
Citra
USA · Dual purpose

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
Ahtanum
USA

No aroma descriptors on file yet.

Bitterness Moderate 5.7–6.3% α

Aroma oil 0.8–1.2 mL

Mostly myrcene 65%, humulene 22%

In the order Stoup Brewing lists them: Viafuct IPA ABV: 6.80 IBU: 50.00 SRM: 4.00 Categories: Hop Driven, IPA, Northwest When the Viaduct came down and we started planning delivery routes around the closure, we realized that we were about to get #fuct. So, we made a beer to cheer ourselves up. Now that tunnel tolling is here, we're ready to get #fuct again. Viafuct IPA has a light malt bill and is full of Waimea ,Citra and Ahtanum h.... 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

California Waiting IPA Cloudburst Brewing · shares Waimea, Citra
Make It Make Sense IPA Cloudburst Brewing · shares Waimea, Citra
Commercial Break Fast Fashion · shares Waimea, Citra
3-Way IPA Hazy Double (2026) Fort George Brewery · shares Waimea, Citra
Ray's 50th IPA Stoup Brewing · shares Waimea, 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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