Palisade
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- Bitterness
- Moderate (5.5–9.5% alpha)
- In the glass
- 5 beers here
- Usually paired with
- Simcoe, HBC 1134, Hallertau Mittelfruh
- Swap it for
- Hydra · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
5.5–9.5% typical 7.5
1 source, spread of 4%
- Yakima Chief Ranches5.5–9.5
Beta acid
6–8% typical 7
1 source, spread of 2%
- Yakima Chief Ranches6–8
Cohumulone
24–29% of alpha typical 26.5
1 source, spread of 5% of alpha
- Yakima Chief Ranches24–29
Total oil
1.4–1.6 mL/100g typical 1.5
1 source, spread of 0.2 mL/100g
- Yakima Chief Ranches1.4–1.6
Alpha to beta runs about 1.1:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
Not enough of this hop's oil is accounted for to show a breakdown. The sources on file name components totalling 47% of total oil — most of the balance is myrcene, which the source for this record doesn't publish. Rather than scale what's here up to 100% and invent the rest, here is only what was actually measured:
Where it's grown
In 2025: withheld in Washington (NASS withholds a figure when it would identify a single farm).
Acres by year
| Year | Washington |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 454 |
| 2016 | 580 |
| 2017 | 571 |
| 2018 | 515 |
| 2019 | 477 |
| 2020 | 246 |
| 2021 | 333 |
| 2022 | 377 |
| 2023 | 260 |
| 2024 | 315 |
| 2025 | withheld |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
In the glass · 5 beers from 2 breweries
- Bale Breaker Pilsner Bale Breaker Brewing
- Five Star Dive Bar Light Beer Bale Breaker Brewing
- Belgian Pale Ale Stoup Brewing
- ESB Stoup Brewing
- Half the Sky IPA - Our Pink Boots Brew Stoup Brewing
Brewed alongside · in 5 beers that use Palisade 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 Palisade.
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