Glossary
Aroma hop
A hop chosen for its oil profile and added late in or after the boil, so its volatile aromatics survive into the finished beer.
Also called aroma hops, finishing hop, late hop.
Related
- Hop oil — What is being preserved.
- Dry hopping — The technique that preserves most of it.
- Bittering hop — The complementary role.
More vocabulary
Adjunct · Base malt · Bittering hop · Black malt · Brettanomyces · Candi sugar · Chocolate malt · Crystal malt · Dextrin · Dual-purpose hop
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Last reviewed 2026-08-16.