Lemondrop a.k.a. Lemon Drop
A zesty American aroma hop — lemon, green tea, and melon.
What it tastes like
Lemondrop is an American aroma hop, a daughter of Cascade, known for bright lemon and lemon-lime citrus with green-tea and light melon notes. It brings a clean, zesty brightness to pale ales, wheat beers and session styles.
Best in these styles
Beers showcasing Lemondrop
Specific beer examples coming soon.
Substitutes & relatives
If you can't source Lemondrop, these hops bring overlapping character.
Lineage & family
How Lemon Drop 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
History
Lemondrop is an aroma-type hop bred by Hopsteiner from a cross of Cascade with a USDA male line, named for its bright lemon character.
Sources
So you can see nothing here is made up — the published specifications on this page are traceable to grower / breeder data: