Triskel
A French Alsace aroma hop — strawberry, toffee, and floral notes.
What it tastes like
Triskel is a modern French aroma hop from Comptoir Agricole in Alsace, a Strisselspalt × Yeoman cross. It offers an unusual, complex profile — cream-caramel toffee and strawberry with green vegetal, peach and floral geranium notes — bringing fragrant character to pale ales and lagers.
Best in these styles
Tasting Tip
Use Triskel late and in the dry hop for its fragrant strawberry-toffee-and-floral character.Beers showcasing Triskel
Specific beer examples coming soon.
Substitutes & relatives
If you can't source Triskel, these hops bring overlapping character.
For brewers — technical profile
Alpha Acid
2.8–5.0%
Beta Acid
4.0–5.0%
Total Oil
1.5–2.0 mL/100g
Oil composition
myrcene
40–60%
humulene
8–14%
caryophyllene
2.5–10%
farnesene
up to 1%
History
Triskel is a French aroma hop from Comptoir Agricole in Alsace, a cross of Strisselspalt with the male of the English variety Yeoman.
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 Triskel cold and sealed to preserve its complex, fragrant aroma.