Home Hop Varieties
Explore the hop varieties that have featured across the beers logged on Hop Horizons.
There are currently 217 varieties tracked,
with 160 appearing in at least one beer.
Most Logged Varieties
All Varieties by Origin
Australia (10)
Belgium (2)
Czech Republic (6)
France (6)
Germany (25)
Japan (6)
New Zealand (33)
Poland (7)
Slovenia (7)
UK (25)
USA (83)
Unknown (7)
Processing Methods
Hop processing methods affect the flavour, aroma and bitterness delivery of hops in beer.
Enhanced / Concentrated Pellets
Method Beers Description
Cryo
101
Concentrated lupulin pellets (reduced vegetal matter) designed to intensify hop aroma/flavour.
CGX
20
Crosby Hops' concentrated lupulin pellet format; engineered for intensified aroma and flavour.
Lupomax
14
Highly consistent, concentrated lupulin pellets engineered for smooth, punchy aroma.
GCX
4
Concentrated lupulin pellet variant (similar concept to CGX); enhanced aroma delivery.
Bliss
3
Carefully managed blended harvest combining early-harvest (bright citrus/white wine) and late-harvest (intense tropical) cones.
Hyperboost
3
Advanced hop product engineered for maximum aroma impact and utilisation.
SubZero Hop Kief
2
Deep-cold-separated lupulin fractions; very high oil content for saturated hop flavour.
Abstrax
0
–
Amplifire
0
Processing method designed to amplify specific hop oil fractions for intensified aroma expression.
Clean Fusion
0
–
Cryo Pop
0
Engineered pellet blend aimed at maximising biotransformable hop compounds and saturated hop character.
HopHash
0
Resin/lupulin “hash” collected during pelleting; intense aroma with low vegetal load.
Quantum Brite
0
–
Flowable Extracts
Method Beers Description
Spectrum
7
Flowable, cold-side hop extract designed for dry hopping with reduced oxygen pickup and losses.
Incognito
5
Flowable hop extract for late hot-side additions (kettle/whirlpool); high impact, low beer loss.
Flex
0
Flowable bittering extract for precise, clean IBU additions with minimal wort/beer loss.
HopBurst
0
Flowable hop product series focused on late/aroma additions with reduced beer loss.
Salvo
0
Flowable hop extract targeting whirlpool/late hot-side additions with smoother iso-alpha delivery.
Pellets
Method Beers Description
BBC pellet
0
Pelletised hops produced to preserve aroma oils and reduce polyphenols (smooth flavour impact).
Pellet
0
Generic pellet format (unspecified subtype).
T45 pellet
0
Concentrated pellets (~45% of cone mass) with reduced vegetal matter and higher oil content.
T90 pellet
0
Standard hop pellets (~90% of original cone mass); the industry default format.
Whole Cone / Leaf
Method Beers Description
Leaf
0
Loose whole-leaf hops (same as whole cone); higher absorption, classic character.
Plug
0
Compressed whole-cone “plugs”; convenient dosing with whole-cone character.
Whole cone
0
Dried, unpelletised hop cones; traditional format with classic aroma expression.
Fresh / Wet Hop
Method Beers Description
Fresh hop
0
Picked and brewed within hours; vivid green, herbal, and “raw” hop character.
Wet hop
0
Unkilned fresh hops used shortly after harvest; juicy, garden-fresh expression.
Extracts & Oils
Method Beers Description
CO2 extract
0
Supercritical CO₂ hop resin extract; efficient bittering and flavour with low trub.
Extract
0
Unspecified hop extract; generic label when subtype is unknown.
HopShot
0
Syringe-packaged CO₂ hop extract for clean bittering and reduced kettle losses.
Isomerised extract
0
Pre-isomerised alpha-acids for direct IBU additions without kettle isomerisation.
Pre-isomerised extract
0
Modified hop extracts (e.g., pre-isomerised fractions) for foam/bitterness stability.
Hop Oils
Method Beers Description
Hop oil
0
Distilled or fractionated hop essential oils for targeted aroma dosing.
Other
Method Beers Description
Dynaboost
4
Process-aid/product aiming to enhance hop utilisation/aroma expression (vendor-specific).
Freestyle
0
–
Multi-form
0
Beer brewed using the same hop variety in multiple processing formats (e.g. T90 + Cryo + whole cone).
