Vic Secret T90 Hop Pellets – Australian Hops

Bring bold Australian hop character to your homebrew with Vic Secret T90 hop pellets. This high-alpha Australian hop variety is packed with vibrant tropical fruit and resinous pine character, making it an excellent choice for IPA, Pale Ale, American Pale Ale, XPA and hop-forward beers. It tastes like holidays.

Vic Secret is particularly well suited to whirlpool and dry hopping, where its distinctive tropical fruit character can really shine. Expect prominent flavours and aromas of pineapple, passionfruit and pine, with a subtle herbal and resinous edge.

Vic Secret Hops – Flavour & Aroma

Vic Secret hops are famous for their big tropical character. When used as a late addition or dry hop, they can contribute:

•  Pineapple
•  Tropical fruit
•  Passionfruit
•  Pine and resin
•  Lime & Ginger

Vic Secret offers some similarities to Galaxy hops, but with its own distinctive combination of pineapple and pine. It can work brilliantly on its own or alongside other popular Australian and American hop varieties.

How to Use Vic Secret T90 Hop Pellets

For maximum flavour and aroma, Vic Secret T90 pellets are particularly effective when used late in the brewing process.

Whirlpool / Hop Stand

Add Vic Secret after the boil during the whirlpool or hop stand to extract plenty of tropical fruit and pine character while limiting the bitterness contribution compared with a traditional kettle addition.

Dry Hopping

Dry hopping with Vic Secret is one of the best ways to showcase this variety. Adding the pellets during or after fermentation can produce an intense hop aroma, with pineapple, passionfruit and resinous pine coming to the forefront.

Late Kettle Additions

Vic Secret can also be used in late-boil additions. However, late kettle additions tend to produce more earthy and herbal characteristics, while the brightest tropical fruit character is better preserved through whirlpool and dry-hop additions.

Vic Secret Hop Specifications

Vic Secret is a high-alpha Australian hop, giving brewers plenty of bitterness potential as well as impressive aroma characteristics.

Typical specifications can vary by crop year, so always use the alpha acid percentage printed on the packet when calculating bitterness for your recipe.

• Hop variety: Vic Secret
• Origin: Australia
• Hop type: T90 pellets
• Use: Bittering, flavour and aroma
• Best uses: Whirlpool, hop stand and dry hopping
• Typical flavour: Pineapple, passionfruit, tropical fruit and pine
• Recommended beer styles: IPA, Pale Ale, American Pale Ale, XPA, Lager and West Coast IPA

Vic Secret was commercially produced in 2013 and was developed in Victoria, Australia. It is descended from Australian High Alpha and Wye College breeding lines.

Brew with Vic Secret Hops

Whether you're brewing a juicy IPA, tropical Pale Ale, modern XPA or hop-forward Australian-style beer, Vic Secret T90 hop pellets are a versatile addition to your hop store.

For home brewers looking to create intense tropical hop aroma, try using Vic Secret hops as a dry hop or whirlpool addition, either as the star of the recipe or combined with varieties such as Citra, Mosaic, US Cascade or Amarillo.

Vic Secret T90 hop pellets are a great choice when you want big pineapple, tropical fruit and pine character in your homebrew.