Luminosa
aroma · USA
An Oregon State variety grown from an open-pollinated Sorachi Ace seed, released through Indie Hops. Peach-mango lemonade, candied orange peel and boysenberry, with the Sorachi citrus intensity but none of the parent's dill and lemongrass. Its defining trait is what it lacks: zero farnesene and no resinous or piney character at all.
2 brews
About
Luminosa was bred at Oregon State University by Shaun Townsend and released through Indie Hops, the same programme and proprietor behind Strata. It grew from an open-pollinated seed off a Sorachi Ace female in 2013, and inherits that parent's striking citrus while adding fresh tropical fruit. The structural point of difference is an absence: measured farnesene is 0% and the variety is described as almost completely void of resinous or piney character. It is a pure fruit hop, so a recipe that needs a dank or resinous axis has to source it elsewhere in the bill. Best used in whirlpool and dry hop, where the fruit expression is strongest.
Specs
- Alpha acids
- 9–12%
- Beta acids
- 4–5%
- Co-humulone
- 28.3%
- Total oil
- 1.8–2.2 ml/100g
Oil composition
Use rates
- Bittering
- Functional at 9–12% AA but wasteful of the aroma
- Flavour
- 0.5–1.5 g/L
- Whirlpool
- 1–3 g/L
- Dry hop
- 3–6 g/L
Pairings
- Grains
- Clean pale malt base; oats and wheat for hazy applications
- Yeasts
- LalBrew Pomona, Verdant IPA and other fruit-forward strains; US-05 for a straighter read
- Other hops
- Citra for a tropical backbone, Mandarina Bavaria to stack the orange axis, Alora for stone fruit continuity, Mosaic or Columbus to supply the dank it cannot
- Styles
- Hazy IPA, West Coast IPA, Pale Ale, Blonde and Summer ales