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Strata HyperBoost

BREWING PROFILE

Indie Hops T99 pellets lay the foundation that includes the breadth of Strata’s character — “rock concert cannabis,” passionfruit, orange, strawberry, ruby red grapefruit, peach, pine… and the mysterious dried chili peppers and tobacco that tease from the background. Strata HyperBoost helps brewers add emphasis along this spectrum of flavors. Experiment with your use of this cold-side flowable hop oil to strike the chord of your choosing!

What is Strata HyperBoost and how is it best utilized? List
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WHAT IS STRATA HYPERBOOST & HOW IS IT BEST UTILIZED?

Oil-Boosted Hop Extract. Combine with T90s to improve efficiency and increase survivable hop oils.

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WHAT IS HYPERBOOST?

HyperBoost, formerly YCH 701, is a concentrated hop oil extract produced through a novel supercritical CO2 extraction technique by Yakima Chief Hops, where the bulk of alpha and beta acids are separated out, and hop oils are concentrated so that they remain flowable even at low temperatures. This makes HyperBoost well suited to cold-side use from knock out through dry hopping.

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HOW DO I BREW WITH HYPERBOOST?

HyperBoost™ is designed to easily pour in your fermenter as a cold side addition, adding an intense saturation of hop flavor to your finished beer. Most brewers choose to use HyperBoost as a fermenter addition, but it can also be added to the whirlpool. Using HyperBoost in place of traditional pellets can increase finished beer yield.

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KETTLE

HyperBoost is not intended for kettle additions. For early kettle and bittering additions, we recommend T-90 pellets or CO2 extract.

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POST BOIL / WHIRLPOOL

For whirlpool use, brewers can replace up to 100% of pellets with HyperBoost. We suggest replacing T-90 pellet additions in the whirlpool at a rate of 50:1 by weight (20 g of HyperBoost to replace 1 kg T-90). Your brewery might choose to use more or less depending on beer style or overall goal.

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KNOCK OUT / DRY HOP

Internal trials at YCH indicate that the best place to add HyperBoost is at the start of fermentation. Dosing during knockout or the first two days of fermentation ensures the HyperBoost is well incorporated into the beer, and that the survivable compounds are fully dissolved. YCH recommends starting by replacing 25-50% of the T-90 dose, to get a sense of how the flavors express in your beer. We recommend a replacement rate of 100:1 HyperBoost to T-90 pellets by weight (10 g HyperBoost in place of 1 kg T-90).

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HyperBoost Product Sheets

Amplified flavor for your brew!

Oil-Boosted Hop Extract
100g easy-to-pour bottles
           1kg easy-to-pour bottles
NOTE: store product between 20 – 41℉

Chemistry

Alpha Acid
15 – 40% (w/w)
Beta Acid
5 – 15% (w/w)
Total Oil
> 40% (w/w)

Partnerships

“Indie Hops has always approached customers with a mutual interest in making great beer, so it’s natural that Indie Hops and Yakima Chief Hops have entered into a product collaboration to bring brewers the first Strata HyperBoost,” said Ryan Hopkins, CEO of Yakima Chief Hops. “Indie has been a great partner to the brewing industry in developing hop varieties that bring new and unique flavors to brewers, and they’ve always been a strong advocate for family-owned and operated farms.”

Indie Hops CEO Jim Solberg shared his enthusiasm for the project, stating, “Collaboration is a big deal between craft brewers and can be a good thing between hop suppliers as well. We’re stoked to be collaborating with YCH to pair our standout variety Strata with their exciting new cold-side flowable HyperBoost. It’s good for us, good for YCH, and great for brewers!”

“There is a dizzying number of hop oil extracts in the market now. One key factor that attracted us to YCH HyperBoost for our variety Strata is that HyperBoost is derived solely from hops,” said Solberg. “Real hops grown by real people for brewers to excite customers who really like hoppy beer.”