Olicana
A modern English hop — mango, passionfruit, and floral notes.
What it tastes like
Olicana is a modern English aroma hop from Charles Faram, a daughter of Cascade and sister of Jester. It brings tropical fruit, mango and passionfruit with floral and stone-fruit notes — a bright, new-world aroma grown on English soil.
Best in these styles
Tasting Tip
Use Olicana as a late and dry-hop addition, where its mango-and-passionfruit character is most apparent.Beers showcasing Olicana
Specific beer examples coming soon.
Substitutes & relatives
If you can't source Olicana, these hops bring overlapping character.
For brewers — technical profile
Alpha Acid
7–9%
Beta Acid
4–6%
Total Oil
0.5 mL/100g
Oil composition
myrcene
19–20%
humulene
8–9%
farnesene
trace
History
Olicana is a daughter of Cascade and sister of Jester, bred by the Charles Faram Hop Development Programme and making its commercial debut in 2014.
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 Olicana cold and sealed — its delicate tropical aromatics are best fresh.