Rakau

All Hops

New Zealand Both

stone_fruitfigfruityapricotpineresin

Alpha

9% 12%

11.3%

Beta

5% 6%

Cohum.

23% 25%

Oils

1.8 mL 2.2 mL

Description

Rakau is a dual-purpose hop that can be used in all hop additions throughout the brewing process. Specific aroma descriptors for the Rakau hop include stone fruit and fig characteristics; fresh orchard fruits, specifically apricot with some resinous pine needle characteristics are noted. Sometimes it is misspelled as Raku.

Recipe Stats

Prevalence

0.3%

Usage by addition type (g/L · median with IQR range)

Bittering

0.2 g/L 1.23 g/L

0.41 g/L

Flavour

0.14 g/L 0.58 g/L

0.25 g/L

Aroma

0.26 g/L 1.19 g/L

0.4 g/L

Whirlpool

0.25 g/L 1.36 g/L

0.56 g/L

Dry Hop

0.52 g/L 2.07 g/L

1.05 g/L

Hop Addition Timing

Bittering (52 min) · 14% Flavour (20 min) · 6% Aroma (6 min) · 30% Whirlpool · 12% Dry Hop · 38%

% of total hop weight · avg boil time where applicable

Common Styles

2% White IPA
1% Hazy IPA
1% American Strong Ale
1% Pre-Prohibition Lager
1% British Golden Ale
1% Double IPA
1% Red IPA
0% American IPA
0% American Pale Ale
0% Saison
0% International Pale Lager
0% English IPA
0% American Amber Ale
0% German Pils
0% Blonde Ale

% of [style] recipes using this hop

Pairs Well With

17% Citra
16% Nelson Sauvin
15% Motueka
15% Mosaic
8% Cascade
7% Galaxy
6% Centennial
6% Amarillo
6% Simcoe
5% Magnum

% of recipes using this hop that also use the paired hop