Wakatu
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- Bitterness
- Moderate (6.5β8.5% alpha)
- In the glass
- 14 beers here
- Swap it for
- Taiheke Β· compare them β
Brewing values
Alpha acid
6.5β8.5% typical 7.5
1 source, spread of 2%
- New Zealand Hops Ltd6.5β8.5
Beta acid
8β9% typical 8.5
1 source, spread of 1%
- New Zealand Hops Ltd8β9
Total oil
0.5β1 mL/100g typical 0.8
1 source, spread of 0.5 mL/100g
- New Zealand Hops Ltd0.5β1
Alpha to beta runs about 0.9:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene61.2%
- Humulene18.4%
- Caryophyllene9.5%
- Farnesene8.2%
- Geraniol1.7%
- Linalool1%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 73.5% of total oil in the source data.
In the glass Β· 14 beers from 4 breweries
- Sharing Horizons Breakside Brewery
- Kill The Sun β21: French Toast Ex Novo Brewing
- Kill The Sun β21: Gingerbread Ex Novo Brewing
- Kill The Sun β22: Almond, Coconut, Chocolate Ex Novo Brewing
- Kill The Sun β22: Dirty Chai Ex Novo Brewing
- Kill The Sun β22: Horchata Ex Novo Brewing
- Kill The Sun β23: Golden Milk Ex Novo Brewing
- Kill The Sun β23: Macadamia Espresso Ex Novo Brewing
- Rutherford Fair Isle Brewing
- Fast Cars, Cheap Thrills IPA Stoup Brewing
- Politonic IPA Stoup Brewing
- Sunshine Hand Grenade Dry Hopped Lager Stoup Brewing
Brewed alongside Β· in 13 beers that use Wakatu 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 Wakatu.
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 β 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 Β· the source file