CGX | Crosby Hops

Brewer adding Crosby Hops to beer fermentation

CGX® Cryogenic Lupulin Pellet Box

Crosby Hops CGX® Pellet

Liquid Nitrogen used on Crosby Hops' CGX® line

Revolutionize your Beer with CGX

CGX isn’t just another hop product—it’s a game-changer. Designed for brewers who want bigger aroma, cleaner yields, and ultimate efficiency, CGX lets you push flavor boundaries while reducing waste.

Why CGX?

Increase Brewing Yield– Less plant matter decreases beer loss and improves revenue.
Reduce Shipping & Storage Costs– Less packaging, freight, fuel, and cold storage.
Amplify Flavor & Aroma - More lupulin, less vegetative material.
Reduce Hop Creep – Increase turn times and brewery capacity.

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Breakside Rainbows and Unicorns

Breakside Brewery

3% increase in finished beer yield
In less refined operations, CGX has the potential to increase yields more significantly in hop-forward beers

Lower FAN levels in finished beer
Greater stability and consistent flavor during storage

High initial flavor and aroma intensity scores
Aroma intensity scores were above average for the first 20–30 days compared to 100% T-90 versions

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Ogopogo Brewing

8.7% increase in finished beer yield (1.1 barrels per 15-bbl batch)

$1,560 more profit per batch (+$123K/year potential for a 2K-bbl brewery)

By replacing T-90 pellets with CGX at a 2x impact pound rate, Ogopogo achieved significant yield and profitability gains while maintaining recipe quality - proving CGX's strong economic brewing performance benefits.

Westbound and Down How The West Was One-1

Westbound & Down Brewing Company

0.17 pH rise vs. 0.27 pH with T-90 (lower = better stability)

+4.8% increase in finished beer yield

Using CGX reduced vegetal load, lowering post dry-hop pH and enhancing hop aroma stability. Yields improved due to more efficient wort recovery and reduced dry-hop mass.

Bells Two Hearted

Bell's Brewery

“Utilizing cryogenically produced concentrated hop pellets to subsidize a T90 pellet charge is a known opportunity to increase yield, especially in a dry hop or whirlpool application. The beneficial opportunities transcend the increased beer recovery by providing an improved overall hop impression, improved clarification, decreased turbidity and DO pickup, and of course the improvements in logistics, storage and the ergonomics challenge that come with the high hopping rates that Bell’s employs with Two Hearted.”

Alec Mull

General Manager, Bell’s Brewery

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CGX vs T-45

CGX	T-45
Minimal processing, maximum impact	Lacks a brand promise and quality guarantee
Cryogenic processing (-70Fº)	Mechanical refrigeration processing
Minimal oxygen contact during production	Volatilization of key flavor and aroma compounds due to higher processing temps
No mechanical milling	Uses mechanical milling, damaging lupulin glands and increasing hop enzymatic activity
No mechanical augers to convey delicate lupulin glands	Antiquated process from the 1960's
Uses nitrogen enriched pneumatic conveyance	More difficult to achieve higher levels of concentration
More access to more brewers	Designed for large industrial brewers
LN2 cold pellet processing creates softer, craft-friendly pellet	Typically harder and denser than cryogenically produced pellets

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