Styrian Dragon

Vibrant floral citrus and tropical fruit; late boil and dry hop, per Charles Faram.

Aroma

Origin Slovenia

Bred by Slovenian Institute of Hop Research and Brewing

One source

Smells like: Floral, Citrus, Tropical fruit
Bitterness: Moderate (6–11% alpha)
Swap it for: Styrian Eureka · compare them →

Brewing values

range on filetypicalbreeder or labmerchant

Alpha acid

6–11% typical 8.5

6 11

1 source, spread of 5%

Charles Faram6–11

Beta acid

7.5–8.5% typical 8

7.5 8.5

1 source, spread of 1%

Charles Faram7.5–8.5

Cohumulone

22–24% of alpha typical 23

22 24

1 source, spread of 2% of alpha

Charles Faram22–24

Alpha to beta runs about 1.1:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.

Oil composition

Myrcene80.7%
Humulene19.3%

Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 75% of total oil in the source data.

Aroma

Floral
Citrus
Tropical fruit

What to swap it for

Styrian Eureka 67

aroma 60 · oils 85 · chemistry 57 · shifts aroma to dual
Belma 67

aroma 61 · oils 78 · chemistry 64
Luminosa 66

aroma 53 · oils 85 · chemistry 63
Pekko 66

aroma 53 · oils 96 · chemistry 51 · shifts aroma to dual
Mistral 61

aroma 48 · oils 90 · chemistry 50
Harlequin 60

aroma 32 · oils 74 · chemistry 84 · shifts aroma to dual

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. Bred in Žalec from European and American germplasm.

Notes on this record

Added 2026-09-29 from charles-faram's page.

For brewers and data folks: this hop as JSON · the source file