Sabro
BarthHaas describes it as coconut, passion fruit, mango, grapefruit, cream.
- Smells like
- Coconut, Passionfruit, Mango, Grapefruit, Creamy
- Bitterness
- Very high (11.6–17% alpha)
- In the glass
- 55 beers here · Brooks has had 1
- Swap it for
- Citra · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
11.6–17% typical 14.1
3 sources, spread of 5.4%
- Yakima Chief Ranches12–16
- BarthHaas11.6–17Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Hop Breeding Company12–16
Beta acid
4–6.5% typical 5.3
1 source, spread of 2.5%
- BarthHaas4–6.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
Total oil
2.5–3.5 mL/100g typical 3
2 sources, spread of 1 mL/100g
- Yakima Chief Ranches2.5–3.5
- Hop Breeding Company2.5–3.5
Alpha to beta runs about 2.7:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene67.2%
- Caryophyllene17.3%
- Humulene11.8%
- Geraniol1.7%
- Farnesene1.1%
- Linalool0.9%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 64.2% of total oil in the source data.
Where it's grown
In 2025: 181 acres in Washington. That's 181 acres.
Acres by year
| Year | Washington | Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | — | — |
| 2016 | — | — |
| 2017 | — | — |
| 2018 | — | — |
| 2019 | 724 | withheld |
| 2020 | 1,145 | 74 |
| 2021 | 1,120 | 225 |
| 2022 | 548 | 119 |
| 2023 | 203 | withheld |
| 2024 | 204 | withheld |
| 2025 | 181 | — |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
Aroma
In the glass · 55 beers from 10 breweries
Brooks has had one of them · 3.5 average
- Radiance Single Hill Brewing · 3.5
- Charlie Foxtrot Aslan Brewing
- Dawn Patrol Aslan Brewing
- Gliding Over All Aslan Brewing
- Jetski Referee Aslan Brewing
- Love the Land Aslan Brewing
- Love The Land Aslan Brewing
- Bad Idea, Right? Cloudburst Brewing
- Below the Surface IPA Cloudburst Brewing
- Born A Unicorn IPA Cloudburst Brewing
- Do You Still Hate Me? Cloudburst Brewing
- Do You Still Hate Me? IPA Cloudburst Brewing
Brewed alongside · in 53 beers that use Sabro 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 Sabro.
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