Meridian
Spearmint and boysenberry through Meyer lemon and pineapple, with a sweet-tart, sassafras edge and little resin, per Indie Hops. A top-note hop: a role player in hazy IPA, easy in a saison.
- Smells like
- Mint, Berry, Lemon, Pineapple
- Bitterness
- Moderate (5–6.5% alpha)
- In the glass
- 7 beers here
- Swap it for
- Kazbek · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
5–6.5% typical 5.8
1 source, spread of 1.5%
- Indie Hops5–6.5
Beta acid
7–8% typical 7.5
1 source, spread of 1%
- Indie Hops7–8
Cohumulone
50.1% of alpha
1 source
- Indie Hops50.1–50.1
Total oil
1.1–1.6 mL/100g typical 1.4
1 source, spread of 0.5 mL/100g
- Indie Hops1.1–1.6
Alpha to beta runs about 0.8:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene73%
- Humulene18.6%
- Caryophyllene8.4%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 71.5% of total oil in the source data.
Where it's grown
Not in the 2025 survey. Last reported in 2019.
Acres by year
| Year | Oregon |
|---|---|
| 2015 | — |
| 2016 | — |
| 2017 | — |
| 2018 | withheld |
| 2019 | withheld |
| 2020 | — |
| 2021 | — |
| 2022 | — |
| 2023 | — |
| 2024 | — |
| 2025 | — |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
Aroma
In the glass · 7 beers from 2 breweries
- Conditional Hours Cloudburst Brewing
- Hot Minute IPA Cloudburst Brewing
- Purple Tie Dye IPA Cloudburst Brewing
- Tastes Like Magenta Cloudburst Brewing
- Tastes Like Magenta IPA Cloudburst Brewing
- Cascading Effect Reuben's Brews
- Sticky Notes: Fresh Hop Extra Pale Ale Reuben's Brews
Brewed alongside · in 7 beers that use Meridian 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 Meridian.
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. Named after the road near which it was discovered.
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 · where America's hops grow