Hop
Elixir
Representative The maker publishes no figures for this product, so these are class-typical values instead.
- Origin
- France
- Grown in
- Alsace
- Purpose
- dual
- Alpha acid
- 5.0–7.0 %
- Beta acid
- 4.5–5.5 %
- Cohumulone
- 25–30 % of alpha
- Total oil
- 1.8–2.2 mL/100 g
Oil breakdown
- Myrcene
- 73 % of oil
- Humulene
- not published
- Caryophyllene
- not published
- Farnesene
- not published
Description
An Alsace hop that goes somewhere no other French variety does: cognac, leather and tobacco alongside sweet orange and rose. Myrcene runs near three quarters of its oil, which is American-high, and it suits a dark saison or a biere de garde better than it suits a pale one.