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Zythos Hops (Pellets)

Zythos Hops (Pellets)

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(General AA range 10-12.5%) Zythos is a new "IPA style" hop blend created to optimize and exceed the aroma characteristics of the traditional, and sometimes hard to get, IPA hops. Hopunion had a team of professional hop sniffers blending combinations of hops. The interesting thing about blending hops is like blending wine - the blend actually ends up being different than the sum of the parts. Pretty cool.

This is a perfect hop for West Coast style hoppy Pale Ales and IPA's. With that said we have seen, sniffed and tasted all kinds of traditional styles made with aggressive IPA hops. You are only limited by your creativity.

So what are the flavors?We went right to the source and interviewed our friend Will Harrison of Hopunion who led the team that developed the Zythos hop blend. He has this to say "I get lots of citrus and tropical fruit notes. The hop was blended to get a little of everything in one pellet. We went for citrus, tropical, pine, and spicy as the main flavors in that order. It also has some experimental varieties to make it more complex".

Experimental hops come from breeding programs and are available to Hopunion but not yet available to the public. So if you choose this blend you will be tasting into the future of IPA hops! Sign us up, our fermenters are already bubbling.

Hop Statistics:
Alpha Acids: 10.0 – 12.5%
Beta Acids: 4.7 – 6.2
Alpha-Beta Ratio: 2.1
Cohumulone: (% of alpha acids): 28 – 31%
Total Oils in mls per 100 grams dried: 0.7 – 1.2
Storage(% alpha acids remaining after 6 months storage at 68° F): 70%
Similar Hop Varieties: Simcoe®, Amarillo® hops


Simcoe® is a registered trademark owned by Yakima Chief Hops, LLC.
Amarillo® is a trademark owned by Virgil Gamache Farms, Inc.
 

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good hop
Benjamin T on May 26, 2022
New hop similar to Simcoe, but less expensive
christopher mortin on Dec 4, 2020
good hop
Benjamin T on May 26, 2022
Try something new
Leslie W on Sep 9, 2021
New hop similar to Simcoe, but less expensive
christopher mortin on Dec 4, 2020
It’s going into my next IPA.
Cheryl H on Aug 31, 2020
They're the best hops in the entire world!
Lawton T B on May 22, 2020
Sounded interesting
Andrew J on May 9, 2020
They sound like fun
Sean D on Feb 20, 2020
BEST
IAN P D on Dec 6, 2019
Recipe per acquaintance
Michael M on Jul 20, 2019
PRICE/QUALITY
Chuck M on Jun 19, 2019
Complexity!
Guerren S on Mar 1, 2019
this hop will mimic using multiple hop varieties in 1 single hop!
Kevin S on Dec 24, 2018
make white IPA
Tony Schubert on Dec 15, 2018
Use for a single hop IPA
c S on Sep 27, 2018
Love this hop
Paul S on Sep 10, 2018
Like profile
Jeffrey K on Jul 10, 2018
Try something new
Leslie W on Sep 9, 2021
It’s going into my next IPA.
Cheryl H on Aug 31, 2020
Reviews

4.9 / 5.0
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Rated 5 out of 5
Completes NEIPA
Zythos is a great hop blend to round out a NEIPA or a Hazy NEIPA. Most of those recipes use exclusively Fruity and Citrusy hops. I am not a fan of Westcoast IPAs because they are so, so, piney, but the small amount of Simcoe incorpoated into the Zythos blend adds a nice touch to those fruity/citrusy recipes that are missing something. I use 1 oz per 5 gal batch at the end of the boil just for that reason.
January 9, 2023
Purchased
1 year ago
Rated 4 out of 5
Seems like a good aromatic hop.
I just dry hopped my clone version of “Hopped & Loaded” by 105 West Brewery. It’s an excellent IPA and hopefully mine will come out the same. The 7 BBL was published at Brewers’ Friend.
November 2, 2020
Purchased
over 3 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Great blend for IPAs!
There are notes of tangerine, grapefruit, pine and pineapple. Love the high alpha acid content for bittering but I appreciate it more as an aroma hop.
February 16, 2020
Purchased
over 4 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Fantastic in the hazy IPA I just made!
January 18, 2020
Purchased
over 4 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Hop for India Black Ale
Used in an India Black Ale recipe.
February 27, 2019
Purchased
over 5 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Great NEIPA Hop
I use these guys as part of my hoping for NEIPA.
January 11, 2019
Purchased
over 5 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Great Hops for IPA
This hop has great aroma and flavor, I used it exclusively on my last IPA for flavoring, aroma & dry hopping and it turned out amazing. My friends keep coming over asking for more.
May 28, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5
Hop Heads Rejoice
This is the First time ive written a review for hops and for good reason. Ive never really had the opportunity to be so BLOWN AWAY by the quality and results of a new product like this. I have recently become a hop head and i have a group of friends that are Long time hop heads and beer snobs to boot. After brewing up my first Double IPA with these zythos hops, i was worried about the flavor and aroma. What i got was one of the MOST wonderful surprises in all my time as a brewer. The Flavor and Aroma was incredible and even my beer snob friends who can find fault with anything said they could not find a SINGLE flaw in the beer other than not enough of it. I highly recommend this hop blend to anyone that is looking to make the best IPA they can.
April 25, 2013