Brooks Groves

Pacifica

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Dual purpose
Origin New Zealand
Bred by Unrecorded
One source
Bitterness
Gentle (3–6% alpha)
Swap it for
Kohatu Β· compare them β†’

Brewing values

range on filetypicalbreeder or labmerchant

Alpha acid

3–6% typical 4.5

1 source, spread of 3%
  • New Zealand Hops Ltd3–6

Beta acid

5–7% typical 6

1 source, spread of 2%
  • New Zealand Hops Ltd5–7

Total oil

0.8–1.5 mL/100g typical 1.1

1 source, spread of 0.7 mL/100g
  • New Zealand Hops Ltd0.8–1.5

Alpha to beta runs about 0.8:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.

Oil composition

  • Myrcene42.7%
  • Humulene42.7%
  • Caryophyllene12.2%
  • Linalool1%
  • Farnesene0.7%
  • Geraniol0.7%

Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 81.9% of total oil in the source data.

What to swap it for

  • Kohatu 53
    aroma β€” Β· oils 93 Β· chemistry 83 partial data
  • Sladek 52
    aroma β€” Β· oils 83 Β· chemistry 91 partial data
  • Crystal 52
    aroma β€” Β· oils 79 Β· chemistry 95 partial data
  • Glacier 52
    aroma β€” Β· oils 87 Β· chemistry 85 partial data
  • aroma β€” Β· oils 76 Β· chemistry 94 partial data
  • aroma β€” Β· oils 88 Β· chemistry 81 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 β€” 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.

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