Bittering Hop Acids

Enhanced Stability, Exceptional Purity

Isolone^® redefines bittering with improved bitter-flavor stability compared to traditional hop products. Using a proprietary process, we convert hop alpha acids into iso-alpha acids with unmatched purity, ensuring a cleaner, more reliable bittering experience. Versatile by design, Isolone can be added at the brew kettle or post-fermentation, offering flexibility no matter how you brew.

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Creamy Flavor, Mouth-Forward Bitterness

Hexalone^® stands out as the only advanced hop acid of its kind, crafted from beta acids to deliver excellent solubility and a distinctive creamy hop flavor. Its mouth-forward bitterness is perfectly balanced, making it an ideal choice for refining your brew’s profile. Beyond bitterness, Hexalone enhances beer foam and cling while ensuring light stability. Designed for efficiency, it is dosed post-fermentation for seamless integration into your process.

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Intense Bitterness, Precisely Delivered

For brewers seeking a bold, intense hop profile, Tetralone^® is the solution. Offering 50–70% more bitterness than iso-alpha acids, it creates a sharp, lingering bitterness at the back of the tongue that defines your brew’s character. Tetralone is light stable and can be added post-fermentation or directly into the fermenter, providing flexibility without compromising quality.

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Custom Blends for Distinctive Brews

Multidimensional Bitterness™ Hop Acid Blends are designed to elevate your beer with a unique balance of bitterness, foam enhancement, and light stability. Tailored for specific applications, these blends combine the best of our hop extracts to deliver truly distinctive results. Optimized for post-fermentation addition, these blends provide a seamless way to craft beers that stand out.

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From Nature to Precision Science

Our hop acids begin their journey as whole hops, meticulously sourced from trusted growers to ensure quality and consistency. The process starts with extracting alpha and beta acids, the primary bittering compounds in hops, using state-of-the-art CO₂ extraction techniques. This gentle method preserves the purity of the hop components while removing unwanted plant material.

Once extracted, the alpha and beta acids undergo precise chemical conversions to create advanced hop acid products. These transformations—such as isomerization to produce iso-alpha acids or hydrogenation to create reduced hop acids—are conducted under carefully controlled conditions to ensure the highest levels of consistency and stability.

The result is a range of specialized hop acid solutions tailored to meet the needs of modern brewers, delivering not only clean, consistent bitterness but also additional benefits like light stability, foam enhancement, and improved utilization rates.

Maximize Efficiency, Enhance Consistency

Hop acids are versatile tools that can be integrated into your brewing process at various stages to achieve precise bitterness, stability, and foam performance. To unlock their full potential, understanding their ideal applications is key.

For traditional bittering, hop acids can be added during the boil, allowing for easy incorporation and predictable results. For late-stage adjustments or to minimize vegetative waste, they excel when used post-fermentation. This approach enhances light stability, balances bitterness, and improves foam retention without compromising the clarity or character of your brew.

For brewers seeking to fine-tune bitterness in dry-hopped beers, hop acids provide a clean, efficient alternative to traditional pellets. This reduces beer loss while maintaining precise control over flavor profiles. Additionally, using hop acids in conjunction with post-fermentation hop oils can create a more complex and stable hop character, elevating your beer to premium levels.

By tailoring your use of hop acids to your specific brewing goals, you can improve efficiency, reduce variability, and deliver consistent quality in every batch.