Loral a.k.a. HBC 291
A 'super noble' aroma hop — floral and herbal with citrus and earth.
What it tastes like
Loral (HBC 291) is a modern American aroma hop billed as a 'super noble' — floral and herbal with a backdrop of citrus, earthy and sweet-fruity notes. It bridges old-world noble elegance and new-world fruit, working in both lagers and hop-forward ales.
Best in these styles
Beers showcasing Loral
Specific beer examples coming soon.
Substitutes & relatives
If you can't source Loral, these hops bring overlapping character.
Lineage & family
How Loral 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
Loral, formerly HBC 291, was released in 2016 by the Hop Breeding Company. Its mother is the American aroma variety Glacier (with the European noble Tardif de Bourgogne further back) and its father is a son of Nugget.
Sources
So you can see nothing here is made up — the published specifications on this page are traceable to grower / breeder data: