Hop
Denali
A modern American hop with pineapple, citrus and a distinctive pine-cone character.
Aroma and flavour
Descriptors are impressions rather than analytical results. BeerHQ rates this characterisation as commonly reported.
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Analysis
| Alpha acid | 13–15% |
|---|---|
| Purpose | dual purpose |
| Origin | United States |
| Released | 2017 |
| 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
- Bittering (early boil). Added at or near the start of the boil, where long exposure isomerises alpha acids into bitterness and drives off aroma.
- 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.
If you like Denali
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.
Azacca 14–16% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, citrus, pine and resin with Denali; 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 Denali; an aroma 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.
Ekuanot 13–15% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, citrus with Denali; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings grass that Denali does not; lacks the pine and resin of Denali.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
Simcoe 12–14% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, citrus, pine and resin with Denali; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings earth and wood that Denali does not.
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 Denali; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings stone fruit that Denali does not; lacks the citrus of Denali.
Smells alike, but the alpha acid differs enough that a like-for-like swap would change the bitterness.
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.
- Azacca — Shares tropical fruit, citrus, pine and resin with Denali; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Strata — Shares tropical fruit, citrus, pine and resin with Denali; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Ekuanot — Shares tropical fruit, citrus with Denali; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Simcoe — Shares tropical fruit, citrus, pine and resin with Denali; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.