Magnum
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- Bitterness
- Very high (9–18% alpha)
- In the glass
- 43 beers here · Brooks has had 1
- Swap it for
- Hallertau Magnum · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
9–18% typical 13.5
2 sources, spread of 9%
- Hopsteiner11–16Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- Crosby Hop Farm9–18
Beta acid
4–7% typical 5.8
2 sources, spread of 3%
- Hopsteiner5–7Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- Crosby Hop Farm4–7
Cohumulone
21–29% of alpha typical 25
1 source, spread of 8% of alpha
- Hopsteiner21–29Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
Total oil
1.5–3.9 mL/100g typical 2.5
2 sources, spread of 2.4 mL/100g
- Hopsteiner1.9–2.8Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- Crosby Hop Farm1.5–3.9
Alpha to beta runs about 2.3:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
Not enough of this hop's oil is accounted for to show a breakdown. The sources on file name components totalling 28.2% of total oil — most of the balance is myrcene, which the source for this record doesn't publish. Rather than scale what's here up to 100% and invent the rest, here is only what was actually measured:
Where it's grown
Not in the 2025 survey. Last reported in 2020.
Acres by year
| Year | Washington | Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 108 | 199 |
| 2016 | withheld | 151 |
| 2017 | withheld | 47 |
| 2018 | — | 105 |
| 2019 | — | withheld |
| 2020 | — | withheld |
| 2021 | — | — |
| 2022 | — | — |
| 2023 | — | — |
| 2024 | — | — |
| 2025 | — | — |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
In the glass · 43 beers from 8 breweries
Brooks has had one of them · 3.5 average
- Beak Breaker Hazy Pelican Brewing · 3.5
- E.S.B. Barley Brown's Beer
- Summertime Breakside Brewery
- Dorty Work Cloudburst Brewing
- For Me This Is Heaven Cloudburst Brewing
- Fresh Hop Happy Little Clouds Cloudburst Brewing
- Happy Little Clouds Cloudburst Brewing
- Keller Whalez Cloudburst Brewing
- No Mistakes Cloudburst Brewing
- Bifrost Elysian Brewing
- Dragonstooth Stout Elysian Brewing
- Night Owl Elysian Brewing
Brewed alongside · in 33 beers that use Magnum 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 Magnum.
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