Super Galena

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Dual purpose

Origin United States

Bred by Unrecorded

One source

Bitterness: Very high (13–16% alpha)
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Brewing values

range on filetypicalbreeder or labmerchant

Alpha acid

13–16% typical 14.5

13 16

1 source, spread of 3%

Hopsteiner13–16Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.

Beta acid

8–10% typical 9

8 10

1 source, spread of 2%

Hopsteiner8–10Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.

Cohumulone

35–40% of alpha typical 37.5

35 40

1 source, spread of 5% of alpha

Hopsteiner35–40Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.

Total oil

0.8–2.5 mL/100g typical 1.6

0.8 2.5

1 source, spread of 1.7 mL/100g

Hopsteiner0.8–2.5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.

Alpha to beta runs about 1.6:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.

Oil composition

Not enough of this hop's oil is accounted for to show a breakdown. The sources on file name components totalling 1% of total oil — most of the balance is myrcene, which the source for this record doesn't publish. Rather than scale what's here up to 100% and invent the rest, here is only what was actually measured:

Farnesene0.5%
Linalool0.5%

Where it's grown

In 2025: 233 acres in Washington. That's 233 acres.

Acres by year

Year	Washington	Oregon	Idaho
2015	351	82	92
2016	310	withheld	69
2017	435	67	withheld
2018	500	84	84
2019	473	78	withheld
2020	475	87	withheld
2021	480	withheld	—
2022	354	withheld	—
2023	354	—	—
2024	355	—	—
2025	233	—	—

Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →

What to swap it for

Bru-1 29

aroma — · oils — · chemistry 95 partial data
Chelan 28

aroma — · oils — · chemistry 95 partial data
Pacific Gem 27

aroma — · oils — · chemistry 90 · shifts dual to bittering partial data
Luna 25

aroma — · oils — · chemistry 85 partial data
Galena 25

aroma — · oils — · chemistry 84 partial data
Krush 25

aroma — · oils — · chemistry 84 partial data

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. Country: breeding origin from general knowledge, not yet cited.

For brewers and data folks: this hop as JSON · the source file · where America's hops grow