Summit
A dwarf high-alpha hop with pungent citrus and a savory edge.
What it tastes like
Summit is a high-alpha American dwarf hop known for pungent citrus — tangerine and grapefruit — alongside a distinctive savory, herbal edge that can read as onion-garlic in big late additions. It can both bitter efficiently and add a bold citrus character.
Best in these styles
Beers showcasing Summit
Specific beer examples coming soon.
Substitutes & relatives
If you can't source Summit, these hops bring overlapping character.
Lineage & family
How Summit connects to the rest of the hop family — its parents, and the varieties it spawned. Trace the full pedigree in the Hop Lineage explorer →
All 2 descendants
Azacca · Jarrylo
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
Summit was released in 2003 as the first dwarf (low-trellis) hop bred for production in the United States, from a cross of the variety Lexus with a male derived from a mix of high-alpha lines including Zeus and Nugget.
Sources
So you can see nothing here is made up — the published specifications on this page are traceable to grower / breeder data: