Hop
Summer
A delicate Australian aroma hop with apricot and melon character.
Aroma and flavour
Descriptors are impressions rather than analytical results. BeerHQ rates this characterisation as commonly reported.
Belongs to
Analysis
| Alpha acid | 6–7% |
|---|---|
| Purpose | aroma |
| Origin | Australia |
| Breeder | Hop Products Australia |
| Storage stability | moderate |
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.
- Late boil. Added in the last few minutes, retaining more aromatic oils while adding modest bitterness.
If you like Summer
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.
Huell Melon 7–8% alpha
Shares stone fruit, tropical fruit, floral with Summer; 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.
Smells alike, but the alpha acid differs enough that a like-for-like swap would change the bitterness.
Southern Passion 9–11% alpha
Shares stone fruit, tropical fruit with Summer; an aroma variety though it bitters harder.
Not the same: brings citrus that Summer does not; lacks the floral of Summer; 4 points higher 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.
Palisade 6–10% alpha
Shares stone fruit, floral with Summer; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings grass that Summer does not; lacks the tropical fruit of Summer.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
Whitbread Golding Variety 5–8% alpha
Shares stone fruit, floral with Summer; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings earth and wood that Summer does not; lacks the tropical fruit of Summer.
Comparable alpha acid, but a different aroma — a bittering substitute rather than a character one.
Kohatu 6–7% alpha
Shares tropical fruit, floral with Summer; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings pine and resin that Summer does not; lacks the stone fruit of Summer.
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.
- Palisade — Shares stone fruit, floral with Summer; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.