Glacier
BarthHaas describes it as plum, elderflower, artichoke, blackberry, lemon.
- Smells like
- Stone fruit, Elderflower, Vegetal, Berry, Lemon
- Bitterness
- Moderate (3.3–9.7% alpha)
- In the glass
- 1 beer here
- Swap it for
- Kazbek · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
3.3–9.7% typical 6.1
2 sources, spread of 6.4%
- Hopsteiner3.3–9.7Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas4–7.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
Beta acid
4.9–10% typical 7.5
2 sources, spread of 5.1%
- Hopsteiner5.4–9.5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas4.9–10Range over the last 4 crop years.
Cohumulone
11–13% of alpha typical 12
1 source, spread of 2% of alpha
- Hopsteiner11–13Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
Total oil
0.7–1.6 mL/100g typical 1.1
1 source, spread of 0.9 mL/100g
- Hopsteiner0.7–1.6Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
Alpha to beta runs about 0.8:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene46.8%
- Humulene36.8%
- Caryophyllene14.4%
- Linalool0.9%
- Farnesene0.7%
- Geraniol0.4%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 74.5% of total oil in the source data.
Where it's grown
Not in the 2025 survey. Last reported in 2019.
Acres by year
| Year | Washington |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 155 |
| 2016 | 145 |
| 2017 | withheld |
| 2018 | withheld |
| 2019 | withheld |
| 2020 | — |
| 2021 | — |
| 2022 | — |
| 2023 | — |
| 2024 | — |
| 2025 | — |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
Aroma
In the glass · 1 beer from 1 brewery
- Mother Pelican Brewing
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