Hop
Waimea
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Origin
- New Zealand
- Purpose
- dual
- Alpha acid
- 12.0–17.0 %
- Beta acid
- 7.0–9.0 %
- Cohumulone
- 21–25 % of alpha
- Total oil
- 2.0–2.8 mL/100 g
Oil breakdown
- Myrcene
- 45 % of oil
- Humulene
- 15 % of oil
- Caryophyllene
- 8 % of oil
- Farnesene
- 1 % of oil
Description
One of the few New Zealand hops that genuinely does both jobs: high alpha with low cohumulone for clean bitterness, plus enough oil for a big tangelo and grapefruit dry hop. A sensible single-variety backbone for a New Zealand IPA.