biological variant of
Common Hop (species)
USDA ARS identifies Cascade as a bred hop variety released in 1972.
Ingredient · Hops
Cascade Hop
USDA-origin hop cultivar released in 1972; represented as a cultivar, not as a generic hop category.
Identity
What this node represents
- Identity class
- agricultural variety
- Scientific name
- Not applicable at this layer
- Processing state
- not specified
- Parent identity
- Common Hop (species)
Boundary
BEU006 canonical ingredient identity; not a commercial SKU or recipe mandate.
Supported style connections
Where the current style foundation connects
Absence from this list does not mean an ingredient cannot be used. Presence means BEU currently has source support for the relationship.
No BEU005 style relationship is asserted for this foundation node yet.
Graph edges
Why this ingredient connects
1 relevant foundation edge.
Beer Atlas
Where this ingredient connects geographically
Origin place and brewing-tradition context are explicit. The absence of a place is not inferred as a global exclusion.
place
Corvallis
brewing tradition
Corvallis Hop-Breeding Tradition
Time Cellar
Historical anchors for this ingredient identity
These links contextualize documented use or historical evidence; they do not claim the ingredient was universally used from that point onward.
No BEU009 historical anchor is asserted for this ingredient yet.
Generation C · actor graph
People, breweries & institutions
Identity-specific links only: companies, brands, production sites, institutions, and people remain separate nodes.
company
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
U.S. brewing company founded by Ken Grossman in 1980, represented separately from its Chico and Mills River production facilities.
BEU015 · Learning Paths
Learning Paths containing this ingredient
These are curator-authored journeys containing this canonical node; inclusion does not imply ranking, authority, popularity, or required consumption.
beginner · foundation
Beer From First Principles
Explain beer as a connected system of ingredients, transformations, perception, place, history, and culture.
advanced · specialist
Beer Universe Systems Synthesis
Synthesize multiple Beer worlds without flattening their identity, evidence, rights, chronology, geography, or uncertainty contracts.
advanced · advanced synthesis
Homebrew Systems Thinking — No Recipe Required
Trace a homebrew-scale conceptual flow across ingredients, brewing stages, fermentation, conditioning, packaging, and quality context without prescribing a recipe.
intermediate · working knowledge
Ingredient to Flavor: Evidence-Aware Connections
Trace representative ingredient identities through process, chemistry, and perception while preserving uncertainty.
Graph discovery · explainable
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brewing tradition
Corvallis Hop-Breeding Tradition
USDA-ARS hop breeding in Corvallis as the geographic research context for Cascade and later hop development.
Navigation heuristic: 39. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 5 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
tradition_includes · reverse
Corvallis Hop-Breeding Tradition — tradition includes → Cascade Hop. This explanation is being viewed from the target side of the directed relationship.
Brewing tradition includes or strongly contextualizes the target practice/entity under cited historical or institutional evidence. Entity is included as a representative, source-supported expression/context of this Beer Atlas tradition; inclusion is not exclusivity.
Evidence: USDA ARS — Cascade hop history
place
Corvallis
Corvallis geographic identity for Beer Atlas discovery.
Navigation heuristic: 37. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 6 + confidence 5 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
originated_in · forward
Cascade Hop — originated in → Corvallis.
Origin scope is only as precise as the cited evidence and place identity. USDA-ARS identifies Corvallis, Oregon as its hop-breeding location and Cascade as a 1972 release; this link is breeding-origin context, not current growing-region exclusivity.
Evidence: USDA ARS — Cascade hop history
ingredient
Common Hop (species)
Botanical Humulus lupulus identity, separate from named brewing cultivars.
Navigation heuristic: 36. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 5 + cross-type 0 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
biological_variant_of · forward
Cascade Hop — biological variant of → Common Hop (species).
Agricultural cultivar or brewing-culture identity is a biological variant/group of a broader species identity. USDA ARS identifies Cascade as a bred hop variety released in 1972.
Evidence: USDA ARS — Cascade hop history
organization
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
U.S. brewing company founded by Ken Grossman in 1980, represented separately from its Chico and Mills River production facilities.
Navigation heuristic: 30. semantic 6 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 6 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
associated_with · reverse
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. — associated with → Cascade Hop. This explanation is being viewed from the target side of the directed relationship.
Broad association used only when a more precise relation is unsuitable. Sierra Nevada’s founding story explicitly connects its Pale Ale to whole-cone Cascade hops.
Evidence: How Our Adventure Started