LUPOCORE – Enhanced Hop Pellets
LUPOCORE™ is the latest innovation to come out of HAAS. LUPOCORE™ is an enhanced pellet that improves upon the consistency and quality of traditional T90 pellets. All LUPOCORE™ lots undergo a rigorous sensory and selection process that analyzes both quantitative and qualitative elements. This ensures reliable brewing performance that leads to consistent, repeatable results batch after batch and year after year.
Cascade, Centennial, Citra®, Mosaic®, Dolcita™, and Columbus are the first 2025 varieties available, with the rest arriving soon.
LUPOCORE DESCRIPTION FROM JOHN I. HAAS
A New Modern General Purpose Hop Pellet
Simplicity, Standardization, and Superior Quality: Developed as a next-generation hop pellet solution for brewers of all sizes, LUPOCORE provides the consistency and scalability you need with the peace of mind you deserve.
LUPOCORE™ built on Haas’ advanced pellet processing and Sensory Plus™ selected hops, delivers exceptional quality and consistent outcomes in a familiar format that requires no change to your brewing process. Through cold processing and refinement, LUPOCORE concentrates essential oils and resins, maximizing hop impact beyond standard T90 and boosting brewhouse performance.
And with Sensory Plus included in every batch, LUPOCORE ensures consistency across varieties and crop years, streamlining selection and contracting while minimizing variability. In a competitive market, it provides brewers with the control and scalability necessary to achieve exceptional quality and flavor in every batch.
USAGE and DOSING: Use just as you would traditional T-90 pellets.
2025 LUPOCORE™ Variety Availability and Specs:
(Alpha acids can vary, but the below results are within a tight range of about 1-2%)
Variety Alpha Acids
Cascade 8.1%
Centennial 9.6%
Citra® 15.0%
Columbus 17.3%
Dolcita™ 11.2%
Krush® 13.6%
Mosaic® 14.0%
SEE WHAT BREWERS ARE SAYING ABOUT LUPOCORE™
“The attention to selection for LUPOCORE, along with utilizing comprehensive data makes it a great alternative to hop selection. The product combines a team that has a ton of hop selection experience, along with years of selection data from HAAS— the two aspects combined make for a high-quality product.” – Jeremy Moynier, Stone Brewing
“A consistent true to type product like LUPOCORE… doesn’t require the huge logistical and financial burden of hop selection [is] a huge plus to the brewing industry as a whole. I am impressed with what I’ve seen of this product throughout our extensive testing.” – Barry Chan, Lucky Envelope Brewing
“Knowing that each year the pellets will be true to type allows brewers to build beers around a particular varietal and not worry that next year’s purchase will be entirely different.” – Robyn Schumacher, Stoup Brewing
“A Great product. Makes varietal-specific pellets more consistent and accessible.” – Mike Hunsaker, Grains of Wrath
“Outstanding pellets; soft and easy to break apart—dispersing more effectively than T90s—with an intense, true-to-type aroma that rivals the best lots available. Although we typically use a higher dose for dry hopping, these delivered more impact at a lower rate. If consistency holds, this could be a game changer.” – Davide Salvalaio, Busa dei Briganti Farm Brewery
WHAT IS SENSORY PLUS™
Sensory Plus is a multi-layered selection process combining expert sensory evaluation with advanced technical analysis. It’s how we ensure that hop products like LUPOMAX and LUPOCORE, perform consistently in your brewhouse, batch after batch, year after year.
Every harvest, sensory data is collected and carefully analyzed, guiding the selection of specific lots for each variety that meet target flavor and aroma profiles from the prior year. The resulting blends prioritize specific dominant attributes, ensuring that LUPO Series pellets deliver consistent brewing performance, reducing variability and minimizing beer loss while maximizing true-to-type hop character.
0.25 lb
