Bergamot^™ Hops

Bred and developed by the Great Lakes Hops breeding program in Michigan, Bergamot^™ is a punchy, ultra-expressive proprietary cultivar engineered specifically to thrive in the unique climate and terroir of the American Midwest. Renowned among craft brewers for its intense, unyielding citrus characteristics, it earned the tongue-in-cheek field moniker "O.A.F." (Orange As F***) from the trial brewers who first worked with its massive oil payload. Rather than functioning simply as a classic bittering block, the plant is a vigorous grower that yields dense, resinous cones bursting with an extraordinarily high volume of essential oils. This heavy-hitting oil concentration makes Bergamot^™ a premier aromatic powerhouse, purpose-built to survive the agricultural challenges of the Great Lakes region while delivering world-class performance in contemporary brewhouses.

The sensory architecture of Bergamot^™ is a high-amplitude, spectacularly bold masterpiece that comes completely saturated with a tsunami of sweet orange juice, heavy orange rind zest, and juicy tropical mango. This intense, front-forward citrus presence effortlessly expands across the palate, opening up into complex secondary waves of sweet cherry candy, vibrant lemongrass, and tart limeade. Grounding this flamboyant, fruit-heavy canopy is a rugged, deeply anchored baseline of resinous juniper pine and a sharp, underlying herbal dankness. Packed with volatile aromatics, Bergamot^™ excels in late-kettle, whirlpool, or aggressive dry-hop additions, providing a thick layer of saturated fruit flavor and a clean, refreshing punch that entirely avoids the muddy or grassy notes of older high-alpha varieties.