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 373 recipes

Prevalence

0.2%

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

Bittering

0.19 g/L 0.98 g/L

0.34 g/L

Flavour

0.14 g/L 0.4 g/L

0.24 g/L

Aroma

0.26 g/L 1.04 g/L

0.42 g/L

Whirlpool

0.22 g/L 1.2 g/L

0.46 g/L

Dry Hop

0.42 g/L 1.5 g/L

0.78 g/L

Hop Addition Timing

Bittering (51 min) · 48% Flavour (21 min) · 3% Aroma (6 min) · 13% Whirlpool · 16% Dry Hop · 20%

% of total hop weight · avg boil time where applicable

Common Styles

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

Pairs Well With

17% Citra 63 recipes
16% Nelson Sauvin 59 recipes
15% Motueka 56 recipes
11% Mosaic 40 recipes
8% Cascade 30 recipes
6% Centennial 24 recipes
6% Amarillo 22 recipes
6% Galaxy 22 recipes
6% Warrior 21 recipes
5% Simcoe 20 recipes

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