Hop
Azacca
A bright modern American hop with mango, papaya and citrus over a piney base.
Aroma and flavour
Descriptors are impressions rather than analytical results. BeerHQ rates this characterisation as commonly reported.
Belongs to
Analysis
| Alpha acid | 14–16% |
|---|---|
| Total oil | 1.6–2.2 ml/100 g |
| Purpose | dual purpose |
| Origin | United States |
| Released | 2014 |
| Storage stability | good |
The name is a registered trademark rather than a plain variety name, which affects what a label may say and who may grow it.
How it is used
- Whirlpool / hop stand. Steeped below boiling after flameout. Extracts aroma and flavour with limited additional bitterness.
- Dry hop. Added after the boil, during or after fermentation. Contributes aroma and flavour with essentially no isomerised bitterness.
- Bittering (early boil). Added at or near the start of the boil, where long exposure isomerises alpha acids into bitterness and drives off aroma.
If you like Azacca
Hops with comparable character. Similarity and substitutability are different questions, so each entry says which it is: a hop can smell alike and still change the beer if its alpha acid is far off.
Denali 13–15% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, citrus, pine and resin with Azacca; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: nothing in the recorded profile separates the two, which means BeerHQ cannot tell you how they differ rather than that they are interchangeable.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
Strata 11–15% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, citrus, pine and resin with Azacca; an aroma variety though it bitters more gently.
Not the same: nothing in the recorded profile separates the two, which means BeerHQ cannot tell you how they differ rather than that they are interchangeable.
Smells alike, but the alpha acid differs enough that a like-for-like swap would change the bitterness.
El Dorado 13–16% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, citrus with Azacca; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings stone fruit that Azacca does not; lacks the pine and resin of Azacca.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
Vic Secret 14–17% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, pine and resin with Azacca; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings stone fruit that Azacca does not; lacks the citrus of Azacca.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
Galaxy 12–16% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, citrus with Azacca; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings stone fruit that Azacca does not; lacks the pine and resin of Azacca.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
Straight substitutes
Close enough in both character and alpha acid to swap at a similar weight. Substitution is directional and imperfect — these are the nearest available options, not equivalents.
- Denali — Shares tropical fruit, citrus, pine and resin with Azacca; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- El Dorado — Shares tropical fruit, citrus with Azacca; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Vic Secret — Shares tropical fruit, pine and resin with Azacca; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Galaxy — Shares tropical fruit, citrus with Azacca; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.