Nugget
BarthHaas describes it as lemon, geranium, lychee, pear, red currant.
- Smells like
- Lemon, Floral, Tropical fruit, Pear, Berry
- Bitterness
- High (9–16% alpha)
- In the glass
- 24 beers here
- Swap it for
- Pacific Sunrise · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
9–16% typical 12.6
4 sources, spread of 7%
- Hopsteiner11–14Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas9–16Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Indie Hops11–15
- Crosby Hop Farm9–16
Beta acid
3–8% typical 4.9
4 sources, spread of 5%
- Hopsteiner4–6Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas3–6Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Indie Hops3–8
- Crosby Hop Farm3–6
Cohumulone
24–30% of alpha typical 26.6
2 sources, spread of 6% of alpha
- Hopsteiner24–30Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- Indie Hops26–26
Total oil
0.9–3 mL/100g typical 1.7
4 sources, spread of 2.1 mL/100g
- Hopsteiner1.5–3Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas0.9–1.8Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Indie Hops1.2–2.3
- Crosby Hop Farm0.9–1.8
Alpha to beta runs about 2.6:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene52.4%
- Humulene30.1%
- Caryophyllene15.6%
- Linalool1%
- Farnesene0.6%
- Geraniol0.2%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 83.5% of total oil in the source data.
Where it's grown
In 2025: 157 acres in Oregon. That's 157 acres. No. 10 by acreage in Oregon.
Acres by year
| Year | Washington | Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 202 | 1,484 |
| 2016 | 186 | 1,460 |
| 2017 | 125 | 1,467 |
| 2018 | 126 | 1,307 |
| 2019 | 104 | 1,059 |
| 2020 | withheld | 826 |
| 2021 | withheld | 572 |
| 2022 | — | 441 |
| 2023 | — | 375 |
| 2024 | — | 252 |
| 2025 | — | 157 |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
Aroma
In the glass · 24 beers from 6 breweries
- Armstrong Nugget Barley Brown's Beer
- Like Dinosaurs IPA Cloudburst Brewing
- nelsonnugz.com Cloudburst Brewing
- Capella Porter Ecliptic Brewing
- Orange Giant Barleywine Ecliptic Brewing
- Kill The Sun ’21: French Toast Ex Novo Brewing
- Kill The Sun ’21: Gingerbread Ex Novo Brewing
- Kill The Sun ’22: Almond, Coconut, Chocolate Ex Novo Brewing
- Kill The Sun ’22: Dirty Chai Ex Novo Brewing
- Kill The Sun ’22: Horchata Ex Novo Brewing
- Kill The Sun ’23: Golden Milk Ex Novo Brewing
- Kill The Sun ’23: Macadamia Espresso Ex Novo Brewing
Brewed alongside · in 19 beers that use Nugget 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 Nugget.
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