Motueka

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Dual purpose

Origin New Zealand

Bred by Unrecorded

Two or more independent sources

Bitterness: Moderate (6.5–9.4% alpha)
In the glass: 56 beers here
Usually paired with: Citra, Nelson Sauvin, Mosaic
Swap it for: Harlequin · compare them →

Brewing values

range on filetypicalbreeder or labmerchant

Alpha acid

6.5–9.4% typical 7.7

6.5 9.4

2 sources, spread of 2.9%

Hopsteiner6.5–8.5Data sheet last changed 2021-03-18.
Crosby Hop Farm6.5–9.4

Beta acid

5.4–7% typical 6.0

5.4 7

2 sources, spread of 1.6%

Hopsteiner5.5–7Data sheet last changed 2021-03-18.
Crosby Hop Farm5.4–6.1

Cohumulone

27–30% of alpha typical 28.5

27 30

1 source, spread of 3% of alpha

Hopsteiner27–30Data sheet last changed 2021-03-18.

Total oil

1–2.8 mL/100g typical 1.7

1 2.8

2 sources, spread of 1.8 mL/100g

Hopsteiner1–1.8Data sheet last changed 2021-03-18.
Crosby Hop Farm1.3–2.8

Alpha to beta runs about 1.3:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.

Oil composition

Myrcene75.3%
Farnesene18.2%
Humulene3.4%
Caryophyllene2%
Linalool1.1%

Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 69.8% of total oil in the source data.

In the glass · 56 beers from 8 breweries

Based on a True Story IPA Cloudburst Brewing
Beautiful Distraction IPA Cloudburst Brewing
Classic Mistake For The Young Player Cloudburst Brewing
Cool Story IPA Cloudburst Brewing
Crushcade Blast IPA Cloudburst Brewing
Endless Summer Nights Cloudburst Brewing
It’s A Thing Cloudburst Brewing
Jesus Take The Wheel IPA Cloudburst Brewing
Motueka MaDnESs! IPA Cloudburst Brewing
Pedestrian At Best Cloudburst Brewing
Quiet Down Cloudburst Brewing
So Last Summer Cloudburst Brewing

All 56 beers with Motueka →

Brewed alongside · in 49 beers that use Motueka with other hops

Citra 1735%
Nelson Sauvin 1122%
Mosaic 510%
Cascade 510%
Tettnanger 510%
Comet 48%
Riwaka 48%
Simcoe 48%

Counted from the hop lists of every beer in What's in the can: what Pacific Northwest brewers actually put next to Motueka.

What to swap it for

Harlequin 49

aroma — · oils 83 · chemistry 80 partial data
Riwaka 44

aroma — · oils 65 · chemistry 82 partial data
Luminosa 43

aroma — · oils 60 · chemistry 83 · shifts dual to aroma partial data
Taiheke 43

aroma — · oils 55 · chemistry 87 partial data
Belma 43

aroma — · oils 59 · chemistry 83 · shifts dual to aroma partial data
Nectaron 43

aroma — · oils 58 · chemistry 84 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.

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