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
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- 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
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- 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