Hop Varieties Flashcards
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Ahtanum™
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- Usage: Aroma
- Pedigree: Open pollination
- Aroma: Floral, citrus
- Alpha Acids: 5.7-6.3%
- Beta Acids: 5.0-6.5%
- Perception: Used for its aromatic properties and moderate bittering.
- Substitutes: Amarillo, Cascade
- Styles: American Ale, Pale Ale, IPA, Lager
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Amarillo®
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- Usage: Aroma
- Pedigree: Privately grown/registered
- Aroma: Floral, tropical, citrus
- Alpha Acids: 8.0-11.0%
- Beta Acids: 6.0-7.0%
- Perception: Viewed as a Cascade type.
- Substitutes: Cascade, Centennial, Simcoe
- Styles: American Ale, IPA, Belgian IPA, Double IPA
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Australian Galaxy
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- Usage: Dual-purpose
- Pedigree: N/A
- Aroma: Distinctive citrus and passion fruit character
- Alpha Acids: 13.5-14.8%
- Beta Acids: 5.8-6.0%
- Perception: Often used as a late addition for flavor and aroma.
- Substitutes: Citra
- Styles: IPA, Double IPA
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Australian Pride of Ringwood
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- Usage: Bittering
- Pedigree: N/A
- Aroma: poor citric, clean
- Alpha Acids: 9.0-11.0%
- Beta Acids: Unknown
- Perception: General-purpose
- Substitutes: Cluster
- Styles: Australian Beers
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Cascade
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- Usage: Aroma
- Pedigree: Open pollination of Fuggle seedling, derived from Fuggle adn Serebrianka
- Aroma: Medium intensity, floral, citrus, grapefruit
- Alpha Acids: 4.5-7.0%
- Beta Acids: 4.5-7.0%
- Perception: An aroma variety with well-balanced bittering potential. Good for dry hopping.
- Substitutes: Ahtanum, Amarillo, Centennial
- Styles: US Ales, IPA, Porter, Barley Wine, Witbier
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Centennial
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- Usage: Aroma
- Pedigree: Cross between Brewer’s Gold and a USDA male.
- Aroma: Medium intensity, floral and citrus tones
- Alpha Acids: 9.5-11.5%
- Beta Acids: 3.5-4.5%
- Perception: Very balanced, sometimes called a “super”
- Substitutes: Cascade, Chinook, Columbus
- Styles: US Ales, Ales, Wheat Beers
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Chinook
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- Usage: Dual-purpose
- Pedigree: Cross between Petham Golding and high alpha USDA male
- Aroma: Medium intensity, spicy, piney and distinct with subtle grapefruit tones
- Alpha Acids: 12.0-14.0%
- Beta Acids: 3.0-4.0%
- Perception: High alpha hop with an acceptable aroma profile.
- Substitutes: Nugget, Columbus, Northern Brewer
- Styles: US Pale Ale, IPA, Stout, Porter, Lager
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Citra®
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- Usage: Aroma
- Pedigree: Comprised of Hallertauer Mittlefrüh, US Tettnang, Brewer’s Gold and East Kent Golding
- Aroma: Strong citrus and tropical tones: grapefruit, melon, lime, gooseberry, passion fruit and lychee
- Alpha Acids: 11.0-13.0%
- Beta Acids: 3.5-4.5%
- Perception: New, up and coming variety, known for its intense flavor and aroma characteristics
- Substitutes: Unknown
- Styles: American Pale, IPA, Double IPA
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Cluster
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- Usage: Dual-purpose
- Pedigree: Unknown; may have arisen from hybridization of imported varieties and indigenous male hops
- Aroma: Strong, floral and spicy
- Alpha Acids: 5.5-8.5%
- Beta Acids: 4.5-5.5%
- Perception: Excellent general purpose hop with balanced bittering and aroma potential.
- Substitutes: Galena
- Styles: Ales (Aroma), Lagers (Bittering) and Stout; used in reproductions of historical US beer styles
- Other: Oldest hop variety grown in the US
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Columbus
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- Usage: Dual-purpose
- Pedigree: Bred and selected from Hopunion breeding
- Aroma: Pungent
- Alpha Acids: 14.0-16.0%
- Beta Acids: 4.0-5.0%
- Perception: Popular oil profile, great for dry hopping
- Substitutes: Chinook, Galena, Millennium, Nugget
- Styles: US IPA, US Pale Ale, Stout, Barley Wine, Lager
- Other: Part of “CTZ” with Tomahawk® and Zeus
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Crystal
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- Usage: Aroma
- Pedigree: Triploid variety from German Hallertau with contributions from Cascade, Brewer’s Gold and Early Green; a half-sister of Mt. Hood and Liberty.
- Aroma: Mild, floral and spicy
- Alpha Acids: 3.5-5.5%
- Beta Acids: 4.5-6.7%
- Perception: The most pungent of the new triploid Hallertau family
- Substitutes: Mt Hood, Hersbrucker, Strisselspalt, Liberty, Hallertau
- Styles: Lager, Kölsch, ESB, Pilsner, IPA, Pale Ale, and Belgian Ales
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Czech Saaz
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- Usage: Aroma
- Pedigree: Czech aroma landrace variety
- Aroma: Very mild with pleasant hoppy notes
- Alpha Acids: 2.0-5.0%
- Beta Acids: 7.0-8.0%
- Perception: The classical “noble” aroma hop with long and strong traditions. Associated with the renowned Pilsner lager.
- Substitutes: Polish Lublin, US Saaz, US Sterling
- Styles: Pilsner, Lagers, Belgian-Style Ales, Lambic
- Other: Predominant Czech variety
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French Strisselspalt
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- Usage: Aroma
- Pedigree: Major aroma hop of the Alsace area of France near Strasbourg
- Aroma: Medium intensity, pleasant and hoppy
- Alpha Acids: 3.0-5.0%
- Beta Acids: 3.0-5.5%
- Perception: Worldwide acceptance as a good aroma hop.
- Substitutes: Mt. Hood, Crystal, Hersbrucker
- Styles: Pilsner, Lager, Wheat, Belgian-style Ales, Saison and Biere de Garde
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Galena
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- Usage: Dual-purpose
- Pedigree: Open pollination of Brewer’s Gold
- Aroma: Citrus
- Alpha Acids: 12.0-14.0%
- Beta Acids: 7.0-9.0%
- Perception: Excellent high alpha hop with balanced bittering and aroma characteristics
- Substitutes: Brewer’s Gold, Columbus, Nugget
- Styles: Most English-style and American-style Ales
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German Brewer’s Gold
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German Hallertau Mittelfrüe
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German Herkules
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German Hersbrucker
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German Magnum
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German Merkur
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German Northern Brewer
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German Opal
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German Perle
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German Saphir
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German Smaragd (Emerald)
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German Spalt
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German Spalter Select
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German Taurus
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German Tettnang
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German Tradition
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Glacier
* **Usage**: Dual-purpose
* **Pedigree**: Offspring of Elsasser
* **Aroma**: Pleasant hop
* **Alpha Acids**: Average 5.63%
* **Beta Acids**: Average 7.6%
* **Perception**: Excellent variety with balanced bittering properties and a good aroma profile.
* **Substitutes**: Fuggle, Styrian Golding, Willamette
* **Styles**: Pale Ale, ESB, English-style Pale Ale, Porter, Stout
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Horizon
* **Usage**: Dual-purpose
* **Pedigree**: Half-sister of Nugget
* **Aroma**: Floral, spicy
* **Alpha Acids**: 11.0-13.0%
* **Beta Acids**: 6.5-8.5%
* **Perception**: Medium alpha, good aroma, dual purpose hop. Low co-humulone results in clean tasting beer.
* **Substiitutes**: Magnum
* **Styles**: Ales, Lagers
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Liberty
* **Usage**: Aroma
* **Pedigree**: Cross between tetraploid female hop cultivar, Hallertau Mittlefruh, and downy mildew resistant male. A half sister to Ultra, Mt. Hood and Crystal.
* **Aroma**: Mild, slightly spicy
* **Alpha Acids**: 3.0-5.0%
* **Beta Acids**: 3.0-4.0%
* **Perception**: Close similarities to imported German aroma varieties, especially Hallertau
* **Substitutes**: US or German Hallertau, German Tradition, Mt. Hood
* **Styles**: Lager, Pilsner, Bock, Kölsch, Wheat
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Millennium
* **Usage**: Bittering
* **Pedigree**: Descendent of Nugget
* **Aroma**: Mild, herbal
* **Alpha Acids**: 14.5-16.5%
* **Beta Acids**: 4.3-5.3%
* **Perception**: High alpha, very similar to Columbus and Nugget
* **Substitutes**: Columbus, Nugget, Summit™
* **Styles**: Ales, Stout, Barley Wine
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Mt. Hood
* **Usage**: Aroma
* **Pedigree**: Triploid seedling of Gr. Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, half sister to Ultra, Liberty and Crystal
* **Aroma**: Mild, somewhat pungent
* **Alpha Acids**: 4.0-8.0%
* **Beta Acids**: 5.0-7.5%
* **Perception**: Aroma hop variety with similarities to the German Hallertau and Hersbrucker varieties.
* **Substitutes**: German Hallertau, German Hersbrucker
* **Styles**: Lager, Pilsner, Bock, Alt, Munich Helles, Wheat
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Mt. Rainier
* **Usage**: Dual-purpose
* **Pedigree**: Complex parentage including Hallertau, Galena, and Fuggle
* **Aroma**: Excellent floral/noble aromas, with citrus and licorice tones
* **Alpha Acids**: 5.0-8.1%
* **Beta Acids**: 5.0-7.0%
* **Perception**: Similar to Hallertau, but with more bittering strength.
* **Substitutes**: Hallertauer, Fuggle
* **Styles**: N/A - only grown through 2010
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New Zealand Cascade
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New Zealand Hallertau Aroma
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New Zealand Motueka
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New Zealand Nelson Sauvin
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New Zealand Pacifica
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New Zealand Pacific Gem
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New Zealand Riwaka
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Nugget
* **Usage**: Bittering
* **Pedigree**: Lineage includes Brewer’s Gold, Early Green and
Canterbury Golding
* **Aroma**: Mild, herbal and pleasant
* **Alpha Acids**: 12.0-14.5%
* **Beta Acids**: 4.0-6.0%
* **Perception**: A high alpha hop with a good aroma profile
* **Substitutes**: Galena, Magnum, Columbus
* **Styles**: Ales, Stout, Barley Wine, Saison, Biere de Garde
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Palisade®
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Santiam
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Simcoe
* **Usage**: aroma, bittering
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* **Aroma**: unique, pine-like aroma
* **Alpha Acids**: 12.0-14.0%
* **Beta Acids**: 4.0-5.0%
* **Perception**: used for aromatics and bittering
* **Substitutes**: Summit, Magnum
* **Styles**: American ale, pale ale, IPA, double IPA
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Sorachi Ace
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Sterling
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Styrian Aurora
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Styrian Bobek
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Styrian Celeia
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Styrian Golding
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Summit
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UK Admiral
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UK Bramling Cross
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UK Challenger
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UK East Kent Golding
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UK First Gold
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UK Fuggle
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UK Northdown
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UK Phoenix
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UK Pilgrim
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UK Pioneer
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UK Progress
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UK Target
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UK WGV
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US Brewer's Gold
* **Usage**: bittering
* **Pedigree**:
* **Aroma**: black currant, fruity, spicy
* **Alpha Acids**: 8.0-10.0%
* **Beta Acids**: 3.5-4.5%
* **Perception**: mainly used for bittering
* **Substitutes**: Chinook, Galena, Nugget
* **Styles**: ale, pilsner, lambic, saison
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US Fuggle
* **Usage**: Aroma
* **Pedigree**: A chance seedling
* **Aroma**: Mild, woody and fruity
* **Alpha Acids**: 4.0-5.5%
* **Beta Acids**: 1.5-2.0%
* **Perception**: Traditional English-type aroma hop
* **Substitutes**: UK Fuggle, Willamette, Styrian Golding
* **Styles**: Any English-style beer, US Ale, Lambic
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US Golding
* **Usage**: aroma
* **Pedigree**:
* **Aroma**: mild, delicate classic English-type
* **Alpha Acids**: 4.0-6.0%
* **Beta Acids**: 2.0-3.0%
* **Perception**: popular among US ale breweries
* **Substitutes**: Fuggle, UK East Kent & Styrian Golding
* **Styles**: English beers, bitters, pales, Belgian ales, barleywine
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US Hallertau
* **Usage**: aroma
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* **Aroma**: very mild, slightly flowery and spicy
* **Alpha Acids**: 3.5-5.5%
* **Beta Acids**: 3.5-5.5%
* **Perception**: traditional German aroma hop
* **Substitutes**: Liberty, German Hallertau, German Tradition
* **Styles**: Lager, Pilsner, Bock, Wheat, Munich Helles
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US Magnum
* **Usage**: bittering
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* **Aroma**: no distinct aroma
* **Alpha Acids**: 10.0-14.0%
* **Beta Acids**: 4.5-7.0%
* **Perception**: clean bittering hop
* **Substitutes**: German Magnum, Horizon
* **Styles**: all ales and lagers
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US Northern Brewer
* **Usage**: dual-purpose
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* **Aroma**: medium intensity, evergreen, wood, mint
* **Alpha Acids**: 8.0-10.0%
* **Beta Acids**: 3.0-5.0%
* **Perception**: true dual-purpose with good aroma
* **Substitutes**: German Northern Brewer, Chinook
* **Styles**: all English, esp porters, ales, kölsch, Munich Helles
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US Perle
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US Saaz
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US Tettnang
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Vanguard
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Warrior
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Willamette
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Newport
* **Usage**: Bittering
* **Pedigree**: Open pollination
* **Aroma**: Mild
* **Alpha Acids**: 5.0-8.1%
* **Beta Acids**: 5.0-7.0%
* **Perception**: Viewed as a high-bittering alpha hop.
* **Substitutes**: Galena, Nugget, Fuggle, Magnum, Brewer’s Gold
* **Styles**: Ales, Stout, Barley Wine