Hallertau Blanc

A German aroma hop with white-wine and tropical notes.

Origin

Hallertau

Country

Germany

Released

2012

Alpha Acid

9.0–12.0%

What it tastes like

Hallertau Blanc is a modern German aroma hop, a daughter of Cascade, known for white-wine, gooseberry and tropical-fruit character with a touch of citrus. It lends a Sauvignon-Blanc-like brightness to pale ales, IPAs and saisons.

white winetropicalcitrusgooseberry

Best in these styles

IPApale ale saisonwheat beer

Tasting Tip

Late additions and dry hopping bring out its Sauvignon-Blanc-like white-wine and gooseberry notes — great in saisons and hoppy wheat beers.

Beers showcasing Hallertau Blanc

Specific beer examples coming soon.

Substitutes & relatives

If you can't source Hallertau Blanc, these hops bring overlapping character.

Lineage & family

How Hallertau Blanc connects to the rest of the hop family — its parents, and the varieties it spawned. Trace the full pedigree in the Hop Lineage explorer →

Founding lineage

● Fuggle 62% ● Serebrianka 25% ● open-pollinated 12%

Blood relatives

Genetically closest in the pedigree (may taste different):

Lemon Drop

lemon · green tea · mint

Mandarina Bavaria

tangerine · citrus · fruity

Huell Melon

honeydew · strawberry · melon

Endeavour

For brewers — technical profile

Alpha Acid

9.0–12.0%

Beta Acid

4.5–5.5%

Total Oil

0.5–1.5 mL/100g

Oil composition

myrcene

35–45%

humulene

1–4%

caryophyllene

1–4%

farnesene

0.1–1%

History

Hallertau Blanc is a daughter of Cascade bred at the Hop Research Institute in Hüll, Germany and commercialized in 2012 as a distinctive white-wine-styled German aroma hop.

Sources

So you can see nothing here is made up — the published specifications on this page are traceable to grower / breeder data:

Freshness Note

The delicate white-wine aromatics fade with age; keep cold and sealed and use fresh.

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