Hop
Styrian Wolf
A modern Slovenian variety bred for tropical intensity rather than for noble character.
Styrian Wolf is what happens when a traditionally noble growing region breeds for modern aroma. Passionfruit and grapefruit at an intensity closer to a New World hop than to anything else Slovenia produces.
Useful as a European-grown alternative where a tropical profile is wanted without importing from the southern hemisphere.
Aroma and flavour
Descriptors are impressions rather than analytical results. BeerHQ rates this characterisation as commonly reported.
Belongs to
Analysis
| Alpha acid | 10–15% |
|---|---|
| Purpose | aroma |
| Origin | Slovenia |
| Storage stability | unknown |
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 Styrian Wolf
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.
Citra 11–13% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, citrus, stone fruit with Styrian Wolf; 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.
Galaxy 12–16% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, citrus, stone fruit with Styrian Wolf; 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.
Melba 12–16% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, citrus, stone fruit with Styrian Wolf; 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.
Olicana 7–10% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, citrus, stone fruit with Styrian Wolf; an aroma variety though it bitters more gently.
Not the same: 4 points lower in alpha acid, so a like-for-like weight swap would change the bitterness.
Smells alike, but the alpha acid differs enough that a like-for-like swap would change the bitterness.
Triumph 8–12% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, citrus, stone fruit with Styrian Wolf; 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.
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.
- Citra — Shares tropical fruit, citrus, stone fruit with Styrian Wolf; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Galaxy — Shares tropical fruit, citrus, stone fruit with Styrian Wolf; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Melba — Shares tropical fruit, citrus, stone fruit with Styrian Wolf; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Strata — Shares tropical fruit, citrus with Styrian Wolf; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.