Medusa

Guava, melon, apricot and citrus, from a wild American hop species with a multi-headed cone, per Yakima Valley Hops. Grown only by CLS Farms, which has since stopped growing it; Zappa is its neomexicanus sibling.

Aroma

Origin United States

Bred by CLS Farms

One source

Smells like: Guava, Melon, Apricot, Citrus
In the glass: 1 beer here
Swap it for: Elani · compare them →

Aroma

Guava
Melon
Apricot
Citrus

In the glass · 1 beer from 1 brewery

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What to swap it for

Elani 24

aroma 59 · oils — · chemistry — · shifts aroma to dual partial data
Krush 24

aroma 59 · oils — · chemistry — · shifts aroma to dual partial data
Citra 23

aroma 57 · oils — · chemistry — · shifts aroma to dual partial data
Styrian Cardinal 21

aroma 53 · oils — · chemistry — partial data
Wai-iti 21

aroma 53 · oils — · chemistry — partial data
Ernest 21

aroma 53 · oils — · chemistry — · 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. A native neomexicanus hop (Colorado and New Mexico), a different species from European hops.

Notes on this record

The source gives no figures, only "naturally low alpha acids" and aroma use. No longer grown, per Yakima Valley Hops, but it still turns up on brewery pages.

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