Citra
®
Citra is an aroma hop brand released by the Hop Breeding Company, (a joint venture between John I. Haas, Inc. and Select Botanicals Group, LLC in the Yakima Valley) having unique and highly favored flavor characteristics. As the name suggests, its flavor descriptors include citrus including lime and grapefruit as well as various tropical fruity characters.
Flavour profile
Strong citrus fruit
Ancestry
50% Hallertau; 25% U.S. Tettnanger
Recommended beer styles
Analytical data
Cultivation Area
US
Ancestry
50% Hallertau; 25% U.S. Tettnanger
Alpha Acids (%)
11.0 – 13.0%
Beta Acids (%)
3.5 – 4.5 %
Alpha/Beta Ratio
Cuhomulone (% of alpha acids)
Total Oils (ml/100g)
2.2 – 2.8ml/100g
Oil Concentration (microlitres of oil/g alpha)
Myrcene (% of whole oil)
60 – 65 % of total oil
Linalool (% of whole oil)
Caryophyllene (% of whole oil)
6 – 8 % of total oil
Farnesene (% of whole oil)
< 1 % of total oil
Humulene (% of whole oil)
11 – 13 % of total oil
Selinene (% of whole oil)
Humulene/Caryophllene Ratio
Simcoe
®
Characteristics
Simcoe® is a multi-purpose hop bred by Yakima Chief Ranches. It has not only a very special aroma but also a high alpha content. It was released for planting in the year 2000. Lime overtones gives beer brewed with Simcoe hops an incomparable flavour. It imparts a unique, pine-like aroma, and is often used in American Ales.
Columbus
Characteristics
The current Super High Alpha varieties, which include the names Columbus, Tomahawk and Zeus (CTZ) have the same female parent as Nugget, making them at least half sisters to Nugget. The CTZ varieties are currently used extensively for beer bittering. However, CTZ’s are losing favor due to their very poor storage characteristics and susceptibility to mildews.