ELMO was born out of our dual hop program where we blend hops together in pairs looking for happy marriages. When we land on a blend we like, we go full portmanteau and try to jam the hop names together to make a new, single name that hopefully sounds like a real, audible word. ELMO features a blend of (EL) Dorado and (MO)saic hops. It also happens to be the name of a lovable muppet character from Sesame Street; so that's fun. We taste notes of distinct tangerine, pineapple candy, mixed tropical fruit and lingering pine.