Luminosa
Bright fresh fruit and a candied-orange-peel sweetness with no sharp edges, per Indie Hops. Aimed squarely at hazy IPA, and at pale ales alongside Cascade or Oregon Chinook.
- Smells like
- Orange, Tropical fruit, Citrus, Sweet aromatics
- Bitterness
- High (9–12% alpha)
- In the glass
- 12 beers here · 1 fresh hop
- Swap it for
- Idaho Gem · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
9–12% typical 10.5
1 source, spread of 3%
- Indie Hops9–12
Beta acid
4–5% typical 4.5
1 source, spread of 1%
- Indie Hops4–5
Cohumulone
28.3% of alpha
1 source
- Indie Hops28.3–28.3
Total oil
1.8–2.2 mL/100g typical 2
1 source, spread of 0.4 mL/100g
- Indie Hops1.8–2.2
Alpha to beta runs about 2.3:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene74.6%
- Humulene17.7%
- Caryophyllene7.7%
- Farnesene0%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 65% of total oil in the source data.
Aroma
In the glass · 12 beers from 4 breweries
- Fresh Hop First Pick West Coast Pils Reuben's Brews · fresh hop
- For Wets Sake Cloudburst Brewing
- Hot Tip IPA Cloudburst Brewing
- Sticky Marmalade IPA Cloudburst Brewing
- Sum Of The Parts IPA Cloudburst Brewing
- Will They, Won’t They IPA Cloudburst Brewing
- Phaze Dust Imperial Hazy IPA Elysian Brewing
- Light Through The Trees Ex Novo Brewing
- Hopshine Reuben's Brews
- Puffs of Fluff Reuben's Brews
- Rock Bock Reuben's Brews
- Wild Sky Reuben's Brews
Brewed alongside · in 11 beers that use Luminosa 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 Luminosa.
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 aroma: Indie Hops sells and describes it only for flavor and aroma.
For brewers and data folks: this hop as JSON · the source file