Apollo
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- Bitterness
- Very high (15–19% alpha)
- In the glass
- 11 beers here
- Swap it for
- Enigma · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
15–19% typical 17
1 source, spread of 4%
- Hopsteiner15–19Data sheet last changed 2022-04-04.
Beta acid
5.5–8% typical 6.8
1 source, spread of 2.5%
- Hopsteiner5.5–8Data sheet last changed 2022-04-04.
Cohumulone
24–28% of alpha typical 26
1 source, spread of 4% of alpha
- Hopsteiner24–28Data sheet last changed 2022-04-04.
Total oil
0.8–2.5 mL/100g typical 1.6
1 source, spread of 1.7 mL/100g
- Hopsteiner0.8–2.5Data sheet last changed 2022-04-04.
Alpha to beta runs about 2.5:1, 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 0.8% 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: 522 acres in Washington, withheld in Idaho (NASS withholds a figure when it would identify a single farm). That's at least 522 acres.
Acres by year
| Year | Washington | Idaho |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 708 | 286 |
| 2016 | 735 | 235 |
| 2017 | 684 | 228 |
| 2018 | 795 | 232 |
| 2019 | 851 | withheld |
| 2020 | 750 | withheld |
| 2021 | withheld | withheld |
| 2022 | 807 | withheld |
| 2023 | 802 | 209 |
| 2024 | 870 | 210 |
| 2025 | 522 | withheld |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
In the glass · 11 beers from 4 breweries
- Fresh Flow Block 15 Brewing
- Fresh Pow Block 15 Brewing
- Sticky Hands Block 15 Brewing
- Synergy Series Block 15 Brewing
- Daly Special Fort George Brewery
- Electric Surfboard Fort George Brewery
- Vortex IPA Fort George Brewery
- Bigelow Georgetown Brewing
- CoCoPo Georgetown Brewing
- Denny Party Georgetown Brewing
- Reflection Therapy Sunriver Brewing
Brewed alongside · in 9 beers that use Apollo 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 Apollo.
What to swap it for
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Enigma 28
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Ella 28
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Topaz 28
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Vic Secret 28
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Waimea 28
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