Saphir

BarthHaas describes it as lemon, juniper, strawberry, lily of the valley, black tea.

Dual purpose

Origin Germany

Code SIR

Bred by Unrecorded

Two or more independent sources

Smells like: Lemon, Spice, Strawberry, Floral, Tea
Bitterness: Gentle (1.7–5.5% alpha)
In the glass: 29 beers here
Usually paired with: Tettnanger, Perle, Saaz
Swap it for: Adeena · compare them →

Brewing values

range on filetypicalbreeder or labmerchant

Alpha acid

1.7–5.5% typical 3.5

1.7 5.5

3 sources, spread of 3.8%

Hopsteiner2–4.5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
BarthHaas1.7–5.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
Crosby Hop Farm1.7–5.5

Beta acid

3.1–8.2% typical 5.6

3.1 8.2

3 sources, spread of 5.1%

Hopsteiner4–7Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
BarthHaas3.1–8.2Range over the last 4 crop years.
Crosby Hop Farm3.1–8.2

Cohumulone

12–17% of alpha typical 14.5

12 17

1 source, spread of 5% of alpha

Hopsteiner12–17Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.

Total oil

0.5–2.3 mL/100g typical 1.3

0.5 2.3

3 sources, spread of 1.8 mL/100g

Hopsteiner0.6–1.4Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
BarthHaas0.5–2.3Range over the last 4 crop years.
Crosby Hop Farm0.5–2.3

Alpha to beta runs about 0.6:1, 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 1.6% 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:

Farnesene0.5%
Linalool1.1%

Aroma

Lemon
Spice
Strawberry
Floral
Tea

In the glass · 29 beers from 9 breweries

Unlimited Breadsticks Cloudburst Brewing
Honey, I Lav You Ex Novo Brewing
The Zest Is History Ex Novo Brewing
Sunday Gravy Fast Fashion
Cathedral Tree Fort George Brewery
Pilsner Fort George Brewery
Agent Angelo Georgetown Brewing
Bialous Georgetown Brewing
Makeda Georgetown Brewing
14th Anniversary To Thee Lager pFriem Family Brewers
Belgian Pils pFriem Family Brewers
Bière de Coupage - Club Exclusive pFriem Family Brewers

All 29 beers with Saphir →

Brewed alongside · in 28 beers that use Saphir with other hops

Tettnanger 1139%
Perle 1139%
Saaz 414%
Spalter Select 414%
Hallertau Mittelfruh 311%
Sterling 27%
Taiheke 27%
Nectaron 27%

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

What to swap it for

Adeena 52

aroma 70 · oils — · chemistry 81 · shifts dual to aroma partial data
Hersbrucker 48

aroma 55 · oils — · chemistry 85 partial data
Strisselspalt 47

aroma 57 · oils — · chemistry 80 · shifts dual to aroma partial data
Saaz Late 46

aroma 45 · oils — · chemistry 93 partial data
Hallertau Mittelfruh 45

aroma 51 · oils — · chemistry 80 · shifts dual to aroma partial data
Magnat 44

aroma 63 · oils — · chemistry 61 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