Amplifire™ Hop Oil – Rakau · 20 ml

Apricot, peach and mandarin — the producer calls Rakau 'a big bowl of tropical fruit'. Here it is as an oil, minus the bitterness.

Zero bitterness · IPA 15–20 ml/hL · Dry hop, whirlpool & keg · 20 ml ≈ 1 kg T90 pellets · New Zealand · 20 ml

What it does in your beer

Stone fruit leads — apricot and peach — followed by mandarin, tangerine, pink grapefruit, pineapple and a floral lift. As a hop cone, Rakau is a dual-purpose variety with real bittering ability; the oil keeps the fruit and leaves that behind, with alpha, beta and iso-alpha acids each below 0.1 %.

Extracted from fresh, undried cones within 24 hours of harvest, it goes where pellets go late in the process — whirlpool, dry hop, bright tank — without the sludge. IPAs of all kinds and pale ales are the classic fit; lagers and pilsners work too.

At a glance

How much for a 20 L batch

Approx., scaled from the producer's ml/hL rates to 20 L. Every row fits in one bottle. Measure with a syringe — a millilitre goes a long way.

How to use

• Shake the bottle well.
• Mix the dose into a small amount of beer, or warm (not hot) water, before it goes into the fermenter, tank or keg.
• Swap in stages: the producer's starting point is replacing 25–50 % of your pellets with oil.
• Whirlpool: let the wort drop below 85 °C first. Boil additions are out.
• Always dose ahead of carbonation to keep the head in shape.

Pairs well with

Brewing a tropical IPA? Try it with Nectaron pellets for pineapple and passionfruit, WHC Lab Mango Madness yeast and Crisp Extra Pale Ale as the base.

Storage & shelf life

• Unopened: 2 years. Ambient storage out of the sun is permitted, but cold storage is what the producer recommends.
• Opened: flush with CO₂ or another inert gas, reseal, refrigerate, and use within 2–3 months.
• Do not freeze.

Food information

• Food business operator: Radek Milota – BO PIVO, Hlavní 35, 742 83 Olbramice, Czech Republic
• Name: Hop oil (liquid hop flavouring), Rakau variety
• Ingredients: hop oil flavour components (Humulus lupulus) in a propylene glycol carrier
• Allergens: none of the 14 allergens listed in EU Regulation 1169/2011, Annex II (based on the producer's declared composition)
• Net quantity: 20 ml
• Country of origin: New Zealand
• Storage: cool, out of direct sunlight; refrigerate after opening; do not freeze

Údaje o potravině (CZ)

• Název: Chmelový olej (tekuté chmelové aroma), odrůda Rakau
• Složení: aromatické složky chmelového oleje (Humulus lupulus) v nosiči propylenglykol
• Alergeny: neobsahuje žádný ze 14 alergenů uvedených v příloze II nařízení (EU) č. 1169/2011 (podle složení deklarovaného výrobcem)
• Čisté množství: 20 ml
• Země původu: Nový Zéland
• Skladování: v chladu, mimo přímé sluneční světlo; po otevření uchovávat v lednici; nezmrazovat
• Provozovatel potravinářského podniku: Radek Milota – BO PIVO, Hlavní 35, 742 83 Olbramice, Czech Republic

Good to know

• 20 ml bottle. Aroma only — Rakau's bittering power stays with the cones.
• Neat oil is a flammable liquid that can irritate skin and eyes and cause skin allergy, per the producer's safety data sheet. Keep it child-proof and away from heat and flames; it belongs in beer, diluted, never on a spoon.
• Amplifire™ is a trademark of Clayton Hops Limited.
• Brewing ingredients travel from our partner warehouse in the Czech Republic and can arrive before or after the rest of your order.

FAQ

How much Rakau oil for a 20 L IPA?
About 3–4 ml at the producer's 15–20 ml/hL for IPAs; for a hazy IPA, trials start at 20–50 ml/hL, roughly 4–10 ml.

Rakau is dual-purpose — will the oil add bitterness?
No. The oil carries less than 0.1 % each of alpha, beta and iso-alpha acids, so it's aroma and flavour only.

Does the oil go off once opened?
Use it within 2–3 months of opening. Flush the bottle with CO₂ if you can and keep it in the fridge — but never freeze it.