Hop
Cascade
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Origin
- United States
- Grown in
- Yakima Valley
- Purpose
- dual
- Alpha acid
- 4.5–9.0 %
- Beta acid
- 4.5–7.0 %
- Cohumulone
- 33–40 % of alpha
- Total oil
- 0.7–1.5 mL/100 g
Oil breakdown
- Myrcene
- 52 % of oil
- Humulene
- 11 % of oil
- Caryophyllene
- 5 % of oil
- Farnesene
- 5 % of oil
Description
The hop that defined American craft aroma: grapefruit and flowers with a light spicy edge. Cheap, forgiving and available everywhere, it is still the reference late hop for pale ale and amber ale.