FreshieSabro a.k.a. HBC 438
The coconut hop.
What it tastes like
Sabro is famously polarizing — it brings clear coconut and tangerine notes that some drinkers love and others find soapy or 'tropical sunscreen.' Used carefully (often with Mosaic or Citra), it adds a unique tropical layer that no other hop matches.
Best in these styles
Beers showcasing Sabro
Specific beer examples coming soon.
Substitutes & relatives
If you can't source Sabro, these hops bring overlapping character.
Lineage & family
How Sabro connects to the rest of the hop family — its parents, and the varieties it spawned. Trace the full pedigree in the Hop Lineage explorer →
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
A neomexicanus-American hybrid released by the Hop Breeding Company in 2018. The neomexicanus parentage is responsible for Sabro's coconut character.
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Flavor twins across Freshie
Drinks and foods across Freshie that share Sabro’s flavor fingerprint — matched on shared flavor axes via the Freshie Taste Graph.