Southern Passion
A South African cross of Czech Saaz and German Hallertauer: ripe passionfruit, guava and coconut with citrus and red berries, and a sunny floral side for lagers, wits and Belgian ales, per Yakima Valley Hops.
- Smells like
- Passionfruit, Guava, Coconut, Citrus, Berry
- Bitterness
- Moderate (5–12% alpha)
- In the glass
- 2 beers here
- Swap it for
- Pacific Sunrise · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
5–12% typical 8.5
1 source, spread of 7%
- Yakima Valley Hops5–12
Beta acid
4–6% typical 5
1 source, spread of 2%
- Yakima Valley Hops4–6
Cohumulone
16.6–20.2% of alpha typical 18.4
1 source, spread of 3.6% of alpha
- Yakima Valley Hops16.6–20.2
Total oil
0.7–1.3 mL/100g typical 1
1 source, spread of 0.6 mL/100g
- Yakima Valley Hops0.7–1.3
Alpha to beta runs about 1.7:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene41.7%
- Humulene39.4%
- Caryophyllene15.9%
- Farnesene3%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 66% of total oil in the source data.
Aroma
In the glass · 2 beers from 2 breweries
- Contact Haze Elysian Brewing
- Misguided Youth Reuben's Brews
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
Figures and description added 2026-09-29. Purpose kept at dual: Yakima Valley Hops does not state a brewing role.
For brewers and data folks: this hop as JSON · the source file