Falconer's Flight® stands as a legendary, precision-engineered tribute to the spirit and flavor of Pacific Northwest craft brewing. Originally launched in 2010 by the innovative team at Hopunion (now Yakima Chief Hops), this premier proprietary blend is not an individual agricultural cultivar grown as a single strain; rather, it is a masterfully curated pellet composition featuring the region's most iconic aromatic powerhouses, including heavy hitters like Citra®, Simcoe®, and Sorachi Ace alongside timeless West Coast classics. The blend was created as a living legacy to honor the profound impact of northwest brewing icon Glen Hay Falconer, with a portion of all commercial sales directly funding master-level educational scholarships through the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation. For contemporary brewhouses, Falconer's Flight® offers an elite, highly reliable shortcut to achieving deep, multi-layered New World complexity while eliminating the seasonal lot-to-lot volatility of single-strain sourcing.
The profile of the original Falconer's Flight® blend is a vibrant, beautifully balanced, and highly expressive sensory showcase that highlights the sweeter, intensely fruit-forward side of American hop character. It bursts open with a bright, sunny canopy of fresh-squeezed lemon juice, lime zest, and ruby red grapefruit rind. This sharp citrus introduction quickly transitions into an exceptionally smooth, lush mid-palate rich with tropical notes of ripe papaya, peeled mango, and sweet passionfruit, all accented by a delicate, perfumed layer of wild floral blossoms. Because it harmoniously integrates distinct aromatic oil fractions from a diverse, star-studded lineup of Pacific Northwest varieties, the profile delivers a soft, clean, and thoroughly rounded finish that remains remarkably punchy without ever fatiguing the palate with one-dimensional herbal or harsh vegetative notes.
If you can't find Falconer's Flight, the best alternatives are Amarillo®, Cascade, Citra®, or Simcoe®.
| Profile | Lemon-Lime Zest, Papaya, Mango, Sweet Floral Blossoms, Crisp Grapefruit, Resin |
| Purpose | Dual: Aroma and Bittering |
| Alpha Acid | 9.5 - 12.0% |
| Substitutes | Amarillo®, Cascade, Citra®, Simcoe® |
| Pairs with | Amarillo® (to elevate the blend’s native tropical tones with an intense punch of sweet/ fresh orange marmalade), Centennial (to double down on a bright/classic lemon-floral top-note), Columbus / Tomahawk / Zeus (CTZ) (to introduce a deeply complex/pungent/and dank herbal baseline underneath Falconer's Flight's clean citrus canopy) |
| Beer Styles | American Pale Ale, West Coast India Pale Ale, Double/Imperial India Pale Ale, Juicy or Hazy New England India Pale Ale, Session India Pale Ale, Hoppy Amber Ale |
| Country | United States |
| Aliases | Falconer's Flight Blend, Falconer's Flight Original |
| Alpha Acid | 9.5 - 12.0% |
| Beta Acid | 4.0 - 5.0% |
| Cohumulone | 20.0 - 25.0% |
| Total Oil | 1.6 - 4.6 ml/100g |
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