Jester
A modern English hop with grapefruit and blackcurrant.
What it tastes like
Jester is a modern English aroma hop from the Charles Faram development programme, a seedling of Cascade. It brings new-world grapefruit and blackcurrant with resinous, stone-fruit and citrus notes — a distinctly English take on tropical-leaning aroma.
Best in these styles
Tasting Tip
Add Jester late and in the dry hop for its grapefruit-and-blackcurrant character in pale ales and English IPAs.Beers showcasing Jester
Specific beer examples coming soon.
Substitutes & relatives
If you can't source Jester, these hops bring overlapping character.
For brewers — technical profile
Alpha Acid
7–9%
Beta Acid
4–6%
Total Oil
0.6–1.2 mL/100g
Oil composition
myrcene
45–50%
humulene
2%
farnesene
0.1–2%
History
Jester is a seedling of Cascade developed by the Charles Faram Hop Development Programme, with Olicana as a sister variety — bred to bring modern fruit-forward aroma to English-grown hops.
Sources
So you can see nothing here is made up — the published specifications on this page are traceable to grower / breeder data:
Freshness Note
Keep Jester cold and sealed — its bright fruit aroma is best fresh.