Herkules

All Hops

Germany Bittering

citrusmelon

Alpha

12% 17%

15.7%

Beta

4% 5.5%

Cohum.

32% 38%

Oils

1.4 mL 2.4 mL

Description

Herkules is a bittering hop that is commonly used only to bitter the beer during brewing, and not for too much flavor and aromas. Herkules hops have aroma descriptors that include robust hoppy with some citrus and melon.

Recipe Stats based on 333 recipes

Prevalence

0.2%

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

Bittering

0.13 g/L 0.42 g/L

0.24 g/L

Flavour

0.14 g/L 0.23 g/L

0.17 g/L

Aroma

0.23 g/L 0.28 g/L

0.27 g/L

Dry Hop

0.15 g/L 0.35 g/L

0.23 g/L

Hop Addition Timing

Bittering (52 min) · 71% Flavour (25 min) · 13% Aroma (6 min) · 12% Dry Hop · 4%

% of total hop weight · avg boil time where applicable

Common Styles

2% Doppelbock (7)
1% American Lager (10)
1% Czech Premium Pale Lager (7)
1% Munich Helles (8)
1% German Pils (6)
1% Cream Ale (9)
0% Oatmeal Stout (7)
0% Weissbier (13)
0% Imperial Stout (8)
0% Irish Red Ale (6)
0% Saison (8)
0% American Amber Ale (7)
0% American Pale Ale (19)
0% Blonde Ale (6)
0% American IPA (21)

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

Pairs Well With

11% Cascade 37 recipes
11% Saaz (CZ) 35 recipes
9% Citra 29 recipes
7% Hallertau Mittelfrüh 23 recipes

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