Sorachi Ace
BarthHaas describes it as orange, lychee, lemon grass, plum, yoghurt.
- Smells like
- Orange, Tropical fruit, Lemongrass, Stone fruit, Creamy
- Bitterness
- High (10–15.2% alpha)
- In the glass
- 1 beer here
- Swap it for
- Luminosa · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
10–15.2% typical 12.8
2 sources, spread of 5.2%
- Hopsteiner10–15.2Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas11.5–14.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
Beta acid
6–10.2% typical 7.4
2 sources, spread of 4.2%
- Hopsteiner6–10.2Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas6–7.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
Cohumulone
20–25% of alpha typical 22.5
1 source, spread of 5% of alpha
- Hopsteiner20–25Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
Total oil
2.5–4.5 mL/100g typical 3.5
1 source, spread of 2 mL/100g
- Hopsteiner2.5–4.5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
Alpha to beta runs about 1.7:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene57.5%
- Humulene27.9%
- Caryophyllene10.9%
- Farnesene2.9%
- Linalool0.5%
- Geraniol0.4%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 82.6% of total oil in the source data.
Where it's grown
Not in the 2025 survey. Last reported in 2020.
Acres by year
| Year | Washington |
|---|---|
| 2015 | — |
| 2016 | withheld |
| 2017 | withheld |
| 2018 | 146 |
| 2019 | withheld |
| 2020 | withheld |
| 2021 | — |
| 2022 | — |
| 2023 | — |
| 2024 | — |
| 2025 | — |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
Aroma
In the glass · 1 beer from 1 brewery
- Brett Saison pFriem Family Brewers
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.
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