Hop
Mandarina Bavaria
A Hüll variety bred from Cascade for pronounced tangerine and citrus character over a German backbone.
Aroma and flavour
Descriptors are impressions rather than analytical results. BeerHQ rates this characterisation as commonly reported.
Belongs to
Analysis
| Alpha acid | 7–10% |
|---|---|
| Purpose | aroma |
| Origin | Germany |
| Breeder | Hop Research Center Hüll |
| Released | 2012 |
| Ancestry | Cascade |
| Storage stability | moderate |
How it is used
- Late boil. Added in the last few minutes, retaining more aromatic oils while adding modest bitterness.
- 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 Mandarina Bavaria
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.
Taiheke 6–9% alpha
Shares citrus, tropical fruit, floral with Mandarina Bavaria; 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.
Olicana 7–10% alpha
Shares citrus, tropical fruit with Mandarina Bavaria; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings stone fruit that Mandarina Bavaria does not; lacks the floral of Mandarina Bavaria.
Comparable alpha acid, but a different aroma — a bittering substitute rather than a character one.
Amarillo 8–11% alpha
Shares citrus, floral with Mandarina Bavaria; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings stone fruit that Mandarina Bavaria does not; lacks the tropical fruit of Mandarina Bavaria.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
Huell Melon 7–8% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, floral with Mandarina Bavaria; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings stone fruit that Mandarina Bavaria does not; lacks the citrus of Mandarina Bavaria.
Smells alike, but the alpha acid differs enough that a like-for-like swap would change the bitterness.
Cashmere 8–10% alpha
Shares citrus, tropical fruit with Mandarina Bavaria; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings herbal that Mandarina Bavaria does not; lacks the floral of Mandarina Bavaria.
Comparable alpha acid, but a different aroma — a bittering substitute rather than a character one.
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.