Huell Melon

A German aroma hop tasting of honeydew melon and strawberry.

Origin

Hallertau

Country

Germany

Released

2012

Alpha Acid

6.0–8.0%

What it tastes like

Huell Melon is a modern German aroma hop, a daughter of Cascade, famous for vivid honeydew melon and strawberry sweetness with citrus and tropical hints. Its candy-like fruitiness makes it a fun late-hop and dry-hop choice.

honeydew melonstrawberrycitrustropical

Best in these styles

pale alewheat beersaisonfruited ale

Tasting Tip

Add Huell Melon late or in the dry hop for its candy-like honeydew-melon character; a little goes a long way.

Beers showcasing Huell Melon

Specific beer examples coming soon.

Substitutes & relatives

If you can't source Huell Melon, these hops bring overlapping character.

Lineage & family

How Huell Melon 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

Hallertau Blanc

white wine · tropical · gooseberry

Endeavour

For brewers — technical profile

Alpha Acid

6.0–8.0%

Beta Acid

6.0–9.0%

Total Oil

0.5–1.0 mL/100g

Oil composition

myrcene

20–30%

humulene

1–4%

caryophyllene

2–5%

farnesene

8–12%

History

Huell Melon is a daughter of Cascade bred at the Hop Research Institute in Hüll, Germany and released in 2012, prized for its unusually sweet melon-and-strawberry aroma.

Sources

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

Freshness Note

Its sweet melon aroma is delicate — store cold and sealed and use fresh for the brightest fruit.

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