Hop
Talus
A Sabro-derived variety with pink grapefruit, sage and a distinctive dried-fruit note.
Aroma and flavour
Descriptors are impressions rather than analytical results. BeerHQ rates this characterisation as variable.
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Analysis
| Alpha acid | 7–9% |
|---|---|
| Purpose | aroma |
| Origin | United States |
| Released | 2020 |
| Breeding code | HBC 692 |
| 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 Talus
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.
Cashmere 8–10% alpha
Shares citrus, herbal, tropical fruit with Talus; 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 citrus, tropical fruit with Talus; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings stone fruit that Talus does not; lacks the herbal of Talus.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
Aramis 7–9% alpha
Shares citrus, herbal with Talus; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings noble spice that Talus does not; lacks the tropical fruit of Talus.
Comparable alpha acid, but a different aroma — a bittering substitute rather than a character one.
Jester 7–9% alpha
Shares citrus, tropical fruit with Talus; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings berry that Talus does not; lacks the herbal of Talus.
Comparable alpha acid, but a different aroma — a bittering substitute rather than a character one.
Harlequin 8–11% alpha
Shares citrus, tropical fruit with Talus; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings stone fruit that Talus does not; lacks the herbal of Talus.
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.