Hop
Strata
A modern Oregon variety with passionfruit and grapefruit over a distinctive dank, cannabis-like base.
Aroma and flavour
Descriptors are impressions rather than analytical results. BeerHQ rates this characterisation as commonly reported.
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Analysis
| Alpha acid | 11–15% |
|---|---|
| Total oil | 3–4 ml/100 g |
| Purpose | aroma |
| Origin | United States |
| Breeder | Indie Hops / Oregon State University |
| Released | 2018 |
| Storage stability | moderate |
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.
If you like Strata
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 Strata; 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.
Styrian Wolf 10–15% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, citrus with Strata; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings stone fruit that Strata does not; lacks the pine and resin of Strata.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
Azacca 14–16% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, citrus, pine and resin with Strata; a dual-purpose variety though it bitters harder.
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.
Citra 11–13% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, citrus with Strata; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings stone fruit that Strata does not; lacks the pine and resin of Strata.
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 Strata; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings earth and wood that Strata does not.
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 Strata; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Styrian Wolf — Shares tropical fruit, citrus with Strata; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Citra — Shares tropical fruit, citrus with Strata; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Simcoe — Shares tropical fruit, citrus, pine and resin with Strata; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.