Cascade
The fruitiness of Cascade expresses peach, strawberry and mango in front of some citrus, mostly lemon and orange. Quite distinct from the generic Cascade, brewers use Cascade to highlight its fruit-forward aromas in Pale Ales, Golden Ales, IPAs and NEIPAs. AA 5-9%
Chinook
Smokedown Chinook offers an attractive floral bouquet with ripe melon and an earthy, piney citrusness. Compared to Chinook grown out west, Connecticut’s sun and soil produce a Chinook with much more fruit and much less pine. It could easily replace a fruit-forward New Zealand hop (Nelson Sauvin, Rakau, Southern Cross in particular). The fruit- and flower-forward Smokedown Chinook is very versatile and is an especially good aroma hop in pale ales, saisons and IPAs. AA 12-13%.
Wye Challenger
Connecticut-grown Challenger is a dank, spicy sledgehammer with intense cannabis resins and an herbal, flowery, citrus back end. More dank and more spice, with less pine and less fruit, than western-US Challenger. The intensity of this hop makes it an outstanding hop in dark, sweet, malt-forward styles and also for dank, high-ABV IPAs, DIPAs and NEIPAs. AA 14-17%.
Tahoma
The Tahoma hop, a daughter of Glacier, was introduced in 2013. Grown in Connecticut, this hop splits the aroma bill between a delicate noble spiciness / earthiness in front of a citrusy new world background. It’s delicate aroma can be best expressed in beers with lightly roasted grains--IPA, pale ale, lager, pilsner, kölsch. AA 4-5%.
Santiam
Bred from Swiss Tettnanger and German Hallertauer MF, Santiam was developed to deliver noble hop aromas from American soils. It delivers moderate acids with black pepper, floral and spice aromas. Highly versatile, it works well in both ales (India Pale Ale, Pale Ale, Bitter) and lagers (German Lager, American Lager, Pilsner) AA 3-5%.
Teamaker
Teamaker, a relatively new variety, has the lowest alpha acids of all commercially-available hops. Its aroma is a mild, tannic spiciness, not unlike black tea, against a mildly floral background. It is best in a beers with lightly-roasted grains and works well in a Pale Ale, Saison, Gose and Bitter. AA 1-2%.
This hop is also available from Harney and Sons Fine Tea.
Centennial
Connecticut-grown Centennial expresses more fruit--peach and apricot--and far less bitterness than you’d expect. In addition to its fruitiness, our Centennial hop expresses in equal measure pine, citrus and a rich floral aroma. Centennial works very well in a Pale Ale, IPA or NEIPA. AA 4-5%.