Summit
BarthHaas describes it as wild garlic, gooseberry, incense, rosemary, green pepper.
- Smells like
- Onion / garlic, Gooseberry, Woody, Herbal, Green
- Bitterness
- Very high (13–18% alpha)
- In the glass
- 14 beers here
- Swap it for
- Azacca · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
13–18% typical 15.4
2 sources, spread of 5%
- Hopsteiner13–18Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas13.5–17Range over the last 4 crop years.
Beta acid
3.5–6.5% typical 5.0
2 sources, spread of 3%
- Hopsteiner3.5–5.5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas4.7–6.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
Cohumulone
28–35% of alpha typical 31.5
1 source, spread of 7% of alpha
- Hopsteiner28–35Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
Total oil
1.5–2.5 mL/100g typical 2
1 source, spread of 1 mL/100g
- Hopsteiner1.5–2.5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
Alpha to beta runs about 3:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene58.7%
- Humulene25.9%
- Caryophyllene14%
- Farnesene0.8%
- Linalool0.7%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 66.1% of total oil in the source data.
Where it's grown
Not in the 2025 survey. Last reported in 2023.
Acres by year
| Year | Washington |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,620 |
| 2016 | 1,769 |
| 2017 | 1,617 |
| 2018 | 1,574 |
| 2019 | 1,072 |
| 2020 | 640 |
| 2021 | 437 |
| 2022 | withheld |
| 2023 | withheld |
| 2024 | — |
| 2025 | — |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
Aroma
In the glass · 14 beers from 3 breweries
- Bayside Breakside Brewery
- Wanderlust IPA Breakside Brewery
- 9 Pound Georgetown Brewing
- Achilles Galaxy Georgetown Brewing
- Arco Etrusco Georgetown Brewing
- Bam Bam Georgetown Brewing
- Barrel Aged 18lb Georgetown Brewing
- Bigelow Georgetown Brewing
- Bunker Georgetown Brewing
- Camp GT Georgetown Brewing
- Camp Stories Georgetown Brewing
- Dark Lark Georgetown Brewing
Brewed alongside · in 13 beers that use Summit 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 Summit.
What to swap it for
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Azacca 65
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Millennium 62
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Ella 62
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Loral 61
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Columbus 58
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 · where America's hops grow