El Dorado

All Hops

USA Both

fruitytropical_fruitpearwatermeloncandystone_fruit

Alpha

13% 17%

15.4%

Beta

6.4% 8%

Cohum.

28% 33%

Oils

2.5 mL 3.3 mL

Description

El Dorado is a dual-purpose hop that can be used in all hop additions throughout the brewing process. El Dorado hops elicit responses of fruity notes and tropical fruit flavors. When used as a bittering hop, El Dorado lends a soft and balanced bitterness. When used in later additions El Dorado brings bright tropical fruit flavors and aromas of pear, watermelon, candy and stone fruit.

Recipe Stats based on 2,767 recipes

Prevalence

1.9%

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

Bittering

0.2 g/L 1.01 g/L

0.41 g/L

Flavour

0.2 g/L 1.02 g/L

0.59 g/L

Aroma

0.32 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.69 g/L

Whirlpool

0.38 g/L 1.7 g/L

0.94 g/L

Dry Hop

0.69 g/L 2.73 g/L

1.37 g/L

Hop Addition Timing

Bittering (48 min) · 8% Flavour (21 min) · 8% Aroma (5 min) · 13% Whirlpool · 20% Dry Hop · 52%

% of total hop weight · avg boil time where applicable

Common Styles

20% New England IPA (108)
11% Specialty IPA: New England IPA (445)
11% Specialty IPA (58)
7% Double IPA (88)
5% Specialty IPA: Red IPA (21)
4% American IPA (792)
3% Imperial IPA (46)
3% English IPA (47)
3% American Pale Ale (346)
2% Specialty IPA: Black IPA (14)
2% Blonde Ale (65)
1% American Wheat Beer (19)
1% American Amber Ale (47)
1% American Light Lager (36)
1% Saison (27)

% of [style] recipes using this hop · (recipe count in brackets)

Pairs Well With

38% Citra 1,042 recipes
21% Mosaic 594 recipes
14% Amarillo 398 recipes
12% Galaxy 332 recipes
12% Cascade 328 recipes
11% Cryo - Mosaic 303 recipes
10% Simcoe 285 recipes
10% Centennial 275 recipes
9% Columbus 242 recipes
7% Azacca 202 recipes

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