Pacifica
A New Zealand aroma hop — Hallertau citrus and orange.
What it tastes like
Pacifica is a New Zealand aroma hop derived from Hallertau Mittelfrüh, offering classic noble character with a New Zealand twist — soft citrus, orange and floral notes. A refined, low-bitterness hop for lagers, pilsners and balanced ales.
Best in these styles
Beers showcasing Pacifica
Specific beer examples coming soon.
Substitutes & relatives
If you can't source Pacifica, these hops bring overlapping character.
Lineage & family
How Pacifica 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
Pacifica is a New Zealand triploid aroma hop from Plant & Food Research, developed through open pollination of Hallertauer Mittelfrüh and released in 1993.
Sources
So you can see nothing here is made up — the published specifications on this page are traceable to grower / breeder data: