Rakau

All Hops

New Zealand Dual

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 based on 397 recipes

Prevalence

0.3%

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

Bittering

0.2 g/L 1.24 g/L

0.41 g/L

Flavour

0.15 g/L 0.58 g/L

0.26 g/L

Aroma

0.27 g/L 1.19 g/L

0.4 g/L

Whirlpool

0.25 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.56 g/L

Dry Hop

0.53 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

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

Pairs Well With

16% Citra 65 recipes
15% Motueka 60 recipes
15% Nelson Sauvin 60 recipes
10% Mosaic 40 recipes
8% Cascade 30 recipes
6% Centennial 25 recipes
6% Galaxy 25 recipes
6% Amarillo 22 recipes
5% Cryo - Mosaic 21 recipes
5% Warrior 21 recipes

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