Understanding Hop Pellet Blends & Oil Testing

When updating the hop oils calculator for 2014, I learned a lot about hops while I pestered staff at YCH HOPS for data and quizzed them on how they test their hops and put together their blends. Thankfully, they were super cool and answered all my questions and...

Farnesene Level Distributions

This chart shows farnesene levels distributed among all of the hops in 5 seperate tiers, with the highest levels on the left and lowest levels on the right. At first glance, this could be a list of my favorite hops in the tier to the right....

Hop Oils and Acid Rankings

Ranking of 1 = The Highest Content of Oil/Acid Across All Hops in Database Same rankings represent identical acid/oil figures Each column is sortable.   Variety Source Hop Data URL || Variety Alpha Beta Oil B-Pinene Myrcene Linalool Caryophyllene Farnesene...

2014 Hop Harvest Database

Click each hop link for more detailed information on hop oil and acid content and rankings. Variety Link Name Hyperlink Symbol URL - Individual Hop Data Variety Aroma Wheel Placement Hop Descriptions AHTANUM ||...

Analysis of Hop Oils By Aroma Wheel Category

All this hop oil data and calculator are interesting I guess, but what the hell does it mean? I dont know, but it’s fun going through the data in an attempt to find out. Thanks to Hopunion, I now have complete data on 58 hops from the latest 2014 harvest. By complete...