Topaz

Topaz was bred from an existing Australian high alpha acid variety crossed with pollen from a Wye college male. Topaz was created by the HPA breeding program in 1985 and commercialized in 1997. It did not find popularity until 2011.

Topaz is a dual-purpose hop that can be used in all hop additions throughout the brewing process.

Topaz hops have light, tropical fruit flavors of lychee, clove-like spice and resinous grassy tones. This is a fantastic hop to use when dry hopping. When used with later additions and in higher gravity brews, specific flavor qualities come out as pleasant, and more pronounced light tropical fruit.

Some hops just taste better together. We recently analyzed [ 1 ] hundreds of the most popular beers to find which hops are commonly paired together. We found that Galaxy & Vic Secret hops are commonly used alongside the Topaz hop. This is not a complete list, but should give you a good idea of what hops are commonly used together.