HBC 1134

A lager hop: rose, pine, herbs and lemon with a hint of grapefruit, per Yakima Valley Hops -- bred by the Hop Breeding Company to cross American character with a noble-hop feel.

Aroma

Origin United States

Bred by Hop Breeding Company

Owner Hop Breeding Company

One source

Smells like: Rose, Pine, Herbal, Lemon, Grapefruit
Bitterness: High (9.8–12.5% alpha)
In the glass: 8 beers here
Usually paired with: Palisade, Hersbrucker, Sterling
Swap it for: Magnat · compare them →

Brewing values

range on filetypicalbreeder or labmerchant

Alpha acid

9.8–12.5% typical 11.2

9.8 12.5

1 source, spread of 2.7%

Yakima Valley Hops9.8–12.5

Beta acid

3–4.5% typical 3.8

3 4.5

1 source, spread of 1.5%

Yakima Valley Hops3–4.5

Cohumulone

20–30% of alpha typical 25

20 30

1 source, spread of 10% of alpha

Yakima Valley Hops20–30

Total oil

1.8–3 mL/100g typical 2.4

1.8 3

1 source, spread of 1.2 mL/100g

Yakima Valley Hops1.8–3

Alpha to beta runs about 3:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.

Aroma

Rose
Pine
Herbal
Lemon
Grapefruit

In the glass · 8 beers from 5 breweries

Bale Breaker Pilsner Bale Breaker Brewing
Five Star Dive Bar Light Beer Bale Breaker Brewing
La Mas Buena Mexican Lager with Lime Bale Breaker Brewing
Game Time Breakside Brewery
It's a Me Mario Breakside Brewery
Meet Cute IPA Cloudburst Brewing
Chardell Georgetown Brewing
Hoppy Bunches of Oats Reuben's Brews

Brewed alongside · in 7 beers that use HBC 1134 with other hops

Palisade 229%
Hersbrucker 229%
Sterling 229%
Citra 229%
Simcoe 114%
Superdelic 114%
Krush 114%
Strata 114%

Counted from the hop lists of every beer in What's in the can: what Pacific Northwest brewers actually put next to HBC 1134.

What to swap it for

Magnat 52

aroma 70 · oils — · chemistry 81 · shifts aroma to dual partial data
Centennial 52

aroma 64 · oils — · chemistry 87 · shifts aroma to dual partial data
HBC 522 47

aroma 55 · oils — · chemistry 84 · shifts aroma to dual partial data
Styrian Eureka 45

aroma 48 · oils — · chemistry 87 · shifts aroma to dual partial data
Mosaic 44

aroma 47 · oils — · chemistry 82 · shifts aroma to dual partial data
Pekko 43

aroma 46 · oils — · chemistry 82 · shifts aroma to dual partial data

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 aroma, unconfirmed -- a merchant says it was developed for modern lagers.

For brewers and data folks: this hop as JSON · the source file