Azacca
BarthHaas describes it as grapefruit, pineapple, gooseberry, peach, basil.
- Smells like
- Grapefruit, Pineapple, Gooseberry, Peach, Herbal
- Bitterness
- Very high (11–16% alpha)
- In the glass
- 77 beers here · 1 fresh hop
- Swap it for
- Summit · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
11–16% typical 14.4
3 sources, spread of 5%
- Hopsteiner14–16Data sheet last changed 2023-05-31.
- BarthHaas11–16Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Crosby Hop Farm14–16
Beta acid
3.9–5.5% typical 4.6
3 sources, spread of 1.6%
- Hopsteiner4–5Data sheet last changed 2023-05-31.
- BarthHaas3.9–5.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Crosby Hop Farm4–5.5
Cohumulone
38–45% of alpha typical 41.5
1 source, spread of 7% of alpha
- Hopsteiner38–45Data sheet last changed 2023-05-31.
Total oil
1.6–2.5 mL/100g typical 2.1
2 sources, spread of 0.9 mL/100g
- Hopsteiner1.6–2.5Data sheet last changed 2023-05-31.
- Crosby Hop Farm1.6–2.5
Alpha to beta runs about 3.1:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene61%
- Humulene24.7%
- Caryophyllene14.3%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 69.7% of total oil in the source data.
Where it's grown
In 2025: withheld in Washington (NASS withholds a figure when it would identify a single farm).
Acres by year
| Year | Washington |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 175 |
| 2016 | 506 |
| 2017 | 578 |
| 2018 | 546 |
| 2019 | 589 |
| 2020 | 722 |
| 2021 | 730 |
| 2022 | 871 |
| 2023 | 401 |
| 2024 | 367 |
| 2025 | withheld |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
Aroma
In the glass · 77 beers from 15 breweries
- Fade To Green Cloudburst Brewing · fresh hop
- Batch 15 Aslan Brewing
- Batch 2000 Aslan Brewing
- Evil IPA Aslan Brewing
- Giant Squid Aslan Brewing
- Love the Land Aslan Brewing
- Love The Land Aslan Brewing
- Outshine Aslan Brewing
- Outshine Aslan Brewing
- Tenth Life Aslan Brewing
- Fluffhead Block 15 Brewing
- Joy Block 15 Brewing
Brewed alongside · in 74 beers that use Azacca 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 Azacca.
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