Amarillo
BarthHaas describes it as apricot, grapefruit, honeydew melon, yoghurt, black tea.
- Smells like
- Apricot, Grapefruit, Melon, Creamy, Tea
- Bitterness
- Moderate (6.7–11% alpha)
- In the glass
- 163 beers here · 5 fresh hop · Brooks has had 1
- Swap it for
- Harmonie · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
6.7–11% typical 8.9
3 sources, spread of 4.3%
- Hopsteiner7–11Data sheet last changed 2021-11-29.
- BarthHaas6.7–11Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Crosby Hop Farm6.7–11
Beta acid
5–8% typical 6.3
3 sources, spread of 3%
- Hopsteiner5.5–8Data sheet last changed 2021-11-29.
- BarthHaas5–7.1Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Crosby Hop Farm5–7.1
Cohumulone
21–27% of alpha typical 24
1 source, spread of 6% of alpha
- Hopsteiner21–27Data sheet last changed 2021-11-29.
Total oil
1–2 mL/100g typical 1.5
1 source, spread of 1 mL/100g
- Hopsteiner1–2Data sheet last changed 2021-11-29.
Alpha to beta runs about 1.4:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
Not enough of this hop's oil is accounted for to show a breakdown. The sources on file name components totalling 49.9% of total oil — most of the balance is myrcene, which the source for this record doesn't publish. Rather than scale what's here up to 100% and invent the rest, here is only what was actually measured:
Where it's grown
In 2025: 1,158 acres in Washington, 213 acres in Oregon, 503 acres in Idaho. That's 1,874 acres. No. 8 by acreage in Washington; No. 8 by acreage in Oregon; No. 4 by acreage in Idaho.
Acres by year
| Year | Washington | Oregon | Idaho |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | withheld | — | withheld |
| 2016 | withheld | — | withheld |
| 2017 | 1,984 | withheld | 983 |
| 2018 | 1,895 | withheld | 825 |
| 2019 | 1,597 | 212 | 561 |
| 2020 | 1,395 | 216 | 538 |
| 2021 | 1,334 | 193 | 380 |
| 2022 | 1,324 | 210 | 379 |
| 2023 | 1,436 | 204 | 537 |
| 2024 | 1,274 | 227 | 514 |
| 2025 | 1,158 | 213 | 503 |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
Aroma
In the glass · 163 beers from 20 breweries
Brooks has had one of them · 3.5 average
- Radiance Single Hill Brewing · 3.5
- Yakima Valley Fresh Hop IPA (2026) 7 Seas Brewing · fresh hop
- Shredded Wettuce Cloudburst Brewing · fresh hop
- Fresh Hop Lager Fremont Brewing · fresh hop
- Fresh Hop Tropical Funk Reuben's Brews · fresh hop
- Party On: Fresh Hop NA IPA Reuben's Brews · fresh hop
- Captain Ron Aslan Brewing
- City Pop* Aslan Brewing
- Cosmic Dreams Aslan Brewing
- Evil IPA Aslan Brewing
- Evolution Aslan Brewing
- Forestalgia Aslan Brewing
Brewed alongside · in 154 beers that use Amarillo with other hops
Counted from the hop lists of every beer in What's in the can: what Pacific Northwest brewers actually put next to Amarillo.
What to swap it for
Scored on aroma overlap, oil composition and acid chemistry, then nudged up where a brewer has vouched for the swap by hand. An axis we haven't measured earns nothing, so a hop known only by its acid numbers caps out around 30 — the score is how much evidence there is for the swap, not just how close the numbers happen to be. Anything under 50 is a different beer, not a substitution.
Pedigree
Parentage unrecorded.
Notes on this record
purpose defaulted to dual, unconfirmed -- was not researched individually for this bulk scaffold pass. Correct before publishing.
For brewers and data folks: this hop as JSON · the source file · where America's hops grow