Krush
BarthHaas describes it as mango, orange, peach, guava, passion fruit.
- Smells like
- Mango, Orange, Peach, Guava, Passionfruit
- Bitterness
- High (10–14.1% alpha)
- In the glass
- 157 beers here · 9 fresh hop · Brooks has had 3
- Swap it for
- Citra · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
10–14.1% typical 12.1
4 sources, spread of 4.1%
- Yakima Chief Ranches10.1–14.1
- BarthHaas10.1–14.1Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Hop Breeding Company10.1–14.1
- Crosby Hop Farm10–14
Beta acid
6.3–9.4% typical 7.8
4 sources, spread of 3.1%
- Yakima Chief Ranches6.3–9.4
- BarthHaas6.3–9.4Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Hop Breeding Company6.3–9.4
- Crosby Hop Farm6.3–9.4
Cohumulone
35.5–39.5% of alpha typical 37.5
1 source, spread of 4% of alpha
- Yakima Chief Ranches35.5–39.5
Total oil
1.5–3 mL/100g typical 2.3
4 sources, spread of 1.5 mL/100g
- Yakima Chief Ranches1.5–3
- BarthHaas1.5–3Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Hop Breeding Company1.5–3
- Crosby Hop Farm1.5–3
Alpha to beta runs about 1.5:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene60.9%
- Humulene21.6%
- Caryophyllene17.4%
- Farnesene0.1%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 73.9% of total oil in the source data.
Where it's grown
In 2025: 331 acres in Washington. That's 331 acres.
Acres by year
| Year | Washington |
|---|---|
| 2015 | — |
| 2016 | — |
| 2017 | — |
| 2018 | — |
| 2019 | — |
| 2020 | — |
| 2021 | — |
| 2022 | — |
| 2023 | — |
| 2024 | — |
| 2025 | 331 |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
Aroma
In the glass · 157 beers from 16 breweries
Brooks has had 3 of them · 3.67 average of 3
- Northleft Great Notion Brewing · 3.75
- Cosmic Guava West Coast IPA pFriem Family Brewers · 3.75
- Low Key IPA Fort George Brewery · 3.5
- The Last Splash Cloudburst Brewing · fresh hop
- Fresh Hop Krush Hazy IPA Ladd & Lass Brewing · fresh hop
- Fresh Hop West Coast IPA pFriem Family Brewers · fresh hop
- Skyfinder Single Hill Brewing · fresh hop
- HBC 586 Fresh Hop Fiend Stoup Brewing · fresh hop
- HBC 586 Fresh Hop Fiend (2023 - Perrault) Stoup Brewing · fresh hop
- HBC 586 Fresh Hop Fiend IPA - Perrault Farms Stoup Brewing · fresh hop
- Krush/Mosaic Fresh Hop Fiend IPA - Perrault Farms Stoup Brewing · fresh hop
- Pilsner Fresh Hop Fiend w/HBC 586 Stoup Brewing · fresh hop
Brewed alongside · in 147 beers that use Krush 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 Krush.
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. Breeder and ownership left unrecorded until a source is read.
For brewers and data folks: this hop as JSON · the source file · where America's hops grow