Bravo
A smooth super-alpha bittering hop with fruity, floral edges.
What it tastes like
Bravo is a high-alpha bittering hop from Hopsteiner's breeding program, prized for clean, efficient bitterness that stays relatively smooth for its strength. Behind the bitterness sit fruity, floral and sweet-aromatic notes with tropical and woody hints, so brewers sometimes push it into late additions too.
Best in these styles
Beers showcasing Bravo
Specific beer examples coming soon.
Substitutes & relatives
If you can't source Bravo, these hops bring overlapping character.
Lineage & family
How Bravo connects to the rest of the hop family — its parents, and the varieties it spawned. Trace the full pedigree in the Hop Lineage explorer →
Blood relatives
Genetically closest in the pedigree (may taste different):
Pedigree data adapted from the Rohwer (2021) hop family tree (CC0 1.0). Compilation, analysis & visualisation © 2026 Veryation · Freshie™.
For brewers — technical profile
Oil composition
History
Bravo was developed by the Hopsteiner breeding program and released around 2006 as a second-generation super-alpha variety, bred for high bittering value with a cleaner, fruitier profile than older high-alpha hops.
Sources
So you can see nothing here is made up — the published specifications on this page are traceable to grower / breeder data: