Aramis
Sweet and spicy, reading as a louder Strisselspalt — same family resemblance, more oil and more alpha behind it. Spicy and herbal up front with a subtle citrus edge.
- Smells like
- Spice, Black pepper, Herbal, Citrus, Floral
- Bitterness
- Moderate (5.5–8.5% alpha)
- In the glass
- 4 beers here
- Swap it for
- Bobek · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
5.5–8.5% typical 7.5
4 sources, spread of 3%
- Beer Maverick5.5–8.5
- Hops France (COMPTOIR AGRICOLE)7–8.5Breeder figure, narrower than merchant spread.
- Hopsteiner6.5–8.5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas6.5–8.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
Beta acid
3–5.5% typical 4.5
3 sources, spread of 2.5%
- Beer Maverick3–5.5
- Hopsteiner3.5–5.5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas3.5–5.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
Cohumulone
20–42% of alpha typical 26.4
2 sources, spread of 22% of alpha
- Beer Maverick20–42
- Hopsteiner21–28Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
Total oil
1.2–1.6 mL/100g typical 1.4
3 sources, spread of 0.4 mL/100g
- Beer Maverick1.2–1.6
- Hopsteiner1.2–1.6Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas1.2–1.6Range over the last 4 crop years.
Alpha to beta runs about 1.7:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene39.5%
- Other32%
- Humulene20.5%
- Caryophyllene5%
- Farnesene3%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 100% of total oil in the source data.
Aroma
How it gets used
Added at late boil, whirlpool, dry hop.
No concentrated lupulin format has been produced for this variety.
In the glass · 4 beers from 2 breweries
- Gold Goose Aslan Brewing
- Math Rock Aslan Brewing
- Betonbier Pils Reuben's Brews
- West of Paris Reuben's Brews
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
Notes on this record
A good illustration of why this repo stores observations instead of one range: the breeder publishes 7.0-8.5% alpha while merchant listings run as low as 5.5%. Both are recorded, and the site shows the spread rather than quietly splitting the difference.
For brewers and data folks: this hop as JSON · the source file