Strata
Passionfruit and strawberry tied together with sticky, cannabis-smoke dank and a grapefruit edge, per Indie Hops. Oregon's answer to the Yakima proprietaries, and one of the few hops brewers talk about as a house flavor.
- Smells like
- Passionfruit, Strawberry, Grapefruit, Cannabis, Dank
- Bitterness
- Very high (12–15% alpha)
- In the glass
- 194 beers here · 16 fresh hop · Brooks has had 5
- Swap it for
- Simcoe · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
12–15% typical 13.5
2 sources, spread of 3%
- Indie Hops12–15
- Crosby Hop Farm12–15
Beta acid
5–6% typical 5.5
2 sources, spread of 1%
- Indie Hops5–6
- Crosby Hop Farm5–6
Cohumulone
21% of alpha
2 sources
- Indie Hops21–21
- Crosby Hop Farm21–21
Total oil
2.3–3.5 mL/100g typical 2.9
2 sources, spread of 1.2 mL/100g
- Indie Hops2.3–3.5
- Crosby Hop Farm2.3–3.5
Alpha to beta runs about 2.5:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene62.7%
- Humulene27.9%
- Caryophyllene9.4%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 93.3% of total oil in the source data.
Where it's grown
In 2025: 326 acres in Oregon. That's 326 acres. No. 6 by acreage in Oregon.
Acres by year
| Year | Oregon |
|---|---|
| 2015 | — |
| 2016 | — |
| 2017 | — |
| 2018 | — |
| 2019 | 253 |
| 2020 | 484 |
| 2021 | 833 |
| 2022 | 1,143 |
| 2023 | 839 |
| 2024 | 574 |
| 2025 | 326 |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
Aroma
In the glass · 194 beers from 21 breweries
Brooks has had 5 of them · 3.65 average of 5
- Static Shatter Block 15 Brewing · fresh hop · 3.75
- Fresh Hop Iowa IPA Double Mountain Brewery · fresh hop · 3.75
- Killer Green Double Mountain Brewery · 3.75
- Beak Breaker Hazy Pelican Brewing · 3.5
- Radiance Single Hill Brewing · 3.5
- Fresh Hop Mirrored Realities Fort George Brewery · fresh hop
- Van Beer (Fresh Hop) Great Notion Brewing · fresh hop
- Fresh Hop West Coast Pilsner Ladd & Lass Brewing · fresh hop
- Fresh Hop Strata IPA pFriem Family Brewers · fresh hop
- Fresh Hop Strata Pale pFriem Family Brewers · fresh hop
- Fresh Hop Party Float Reuben's Brews · fresh hop
- Sticky Notes: Fresh Hop Extra Pale Ale Reuben's Brews · fresh hop
Brewed alongside · in 180 beers that use Strata 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 Strata.
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
Perle. An open-pollinated Perle at an Oregon State University field in Corvallis.
Notes on this record
purpose defaulted to dual, unconfirmed. Pedigree, release and figures are from Indie Hops, which bred it with Oregon State University.
For brewers and data folks: this hop as JSON · the source file · where America's hops grow