Rakau
- Origin Country
- New Zealand
- Alpha Acid
- 10 to 12%
- Oils
- Not Found
- US Acreage
- Not Found
- Medal Beers in 2026
- 1
- Breeder
- HortResearch (now Plant & Food Research)
Aroma
a range of stone fruit aromatics
Grown by
Not Found
Rakau
Variety Data
- Also Published as
- Rakau Cryo, AlphAroma
- Kind
- variety
- US Grown
- no
- Trademark
- not stated
- Status
- proprietary
- Year Released
- 2007
- Year Note
- Released from HortResearch in 2007 (Charles Faram).
- Use
- not published
- Alpha Class
- medium (8 to 14 percent)
- Alpha
- 10 to 12
- Beta
- 2.6 to 4.8
- Cohumulone
- 24 to 28
- Myrcene
- 44 to 65
- Humulene
- 15 to 15
- Farnesene
- 5 to 5
- Identity Gap
- parentage: Charles Faram publishes no parentage.
- Chemistry Gap
- total oil, caryophyllene not published. Total oil: the Charles Faram page prints "20.2ml/100g", which is not plausible and is not recorded; no second source was readable. Caryophyllene share is not listed.
- Notes
- Humulene and farnesene are single published values. Classed proprietary on the evidence that a New Zealand institute released it under a brand name; no trademark text was read.
- Identity Source Urls
- charlesfaram.com
- Chemistry Source Urls
- charlesfaram.com
- Aroma Source Urls
- charlesfaram.com
Aroma Descriptors
Each descriptor is attributed to the source that published it.
Whole record, not narrowed by the filters.
| Source | |
|---|---|
| a range of stone fruit aromatics | Charles Faram, which also quotes "the whole orchard" |
US Acreage by State
Whole record, not narrowed by the filters.
No US acreage has been published for this hop yet.
2026 Medal Beers That Use It
The farm column shows only a farm the brewery itself named for this hop.
1 medal in view
| Form | Use | Farm Named by the Brewery | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | Breakside Lunch Break ISA | Breakside Brewery & Taproom | International-Style Pale Ale | Not Found | Not Found | Not Found |
Beer Profile Cards
Breweries With a 2026 Medal Beer That Uses It
Each brewery links to its page.
| Breakside Brewery & Taproom | 1 |
|---|
Farms That Grow It
Grown by. These farms publish this variety as grown. It does not mean a medal beer used hops from that farm.
Whole record, not narrowed by the filters.
No farm has been published as growing this hop yet.
Research Notes
Rakau is a hop variety from New Zealand, proprietary, from HortResearch (now Plant & Food Research). It was released in 2007. Its published alpha acid range is 10 to 12 percent.
Identity
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | New Zealand |
| Breeder or owner program | HortResearch (now Plant & Food Research) |
| Trademark | not stated |
| Proprietary or public | proprietary |
| Year released | 2007 (Released from HortResearch in 2007 (Charles Faram).) |
| Parentage | not published |
| Published use | not published |
| Alpha class | medium (8 to 14 percent) |
Also published as: Rakau Cryo, AlphAroma.
Chemistry
Ranges are as published by the breeder or supplier named under sources; a single value means the source printed one figure.
| Measure | Published | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| alpha acids | 10 to 12 | percent |
| beta acids | 2.6 to 4.8 | percent |
| cohumulone | 24 to 28 | percent of alpha acids |
| total oil | not published | ml per 100 g |
| myrcene | 44 to 65 | percent of total oil |
| humulene | 15 (single value) | percent of total oil |
| caryophyllene | not published | percent of total oil |
| farnesene | 5 (single value) | percent of total oil |
Humulene and farnesene are single published values. Classed proprietary on the evidence that a New Zealand institute released it under a brand name; no trademark text was read.
Aroma
As published by Charles Faram, which also quotes "the whole orchard": "a range of stone fruit aromatics"
Acreage
This variety is not grown commercially in the United States as far as the sources checked show, so US acreage does not apply.
Gaps
- Identity, parentage: Charles Faram publishes no parentage.
- Chemistry, total oil, caryophyllene not published. Total oil: the Charles Faram page prints "20.2ml/100g", which is not plausible and is not recorded; no second source was readable. Caryophyllene share is not listed.