White Wine/Tea

White wine and tea-like hops bring grape skin, sauvignon blanc, gooseberry, or soft tannic tea notes. They pair well with crisp pale ales, saisons, and beers where you want vinous or delicate herbal complexity.

Nelson Sauvin is the reference point; Hallertau Blanc, Motueka-adjacent New Zealand varieties like Superdelic and Nectaron, plus tea-leaning noble/English hops such as Saaz, Hersbrucker, Mt. Hood, and UK Fuggle, round out this profile.