Hop Variety | Flavor Profile | Possible Substitutions |
Admiral | Known for its bittering potential. | Target, Northdown, Challenger |
Ahtanum | Floral, citrus, sharp, and piney. | Amarillo, Centennial, Simcoe |
Amarillo | Citrusy, flowery. | Cascade, Centennial, Summit, Ahtanum |
Boadicea | Spicy | ? |
Brewers Gold | Bittering hop with neutral aroma character. | Bullion, Chinook, Galena, Nugget |
Bullion | A rich hop primarily used for bittering. Intense blackcurrant aroma. | Columbus, Northern Brewer |
Cascade | Pleasant, flowery, spicy, and citrusy. Can have a grapefruit flavor. | Amarillo, Centennial, Summit |
Centennial | Medium with floral and citrus tones. | Amarillo, Cascade, Columbus, Summit |
Challenger | Mild to moderate, quite spicy. | Perle, Admiral |
Chinook | Mild to medium-heavy, spicy, piney, and grapefruity. | Brewers Gold, Columbus, Galena, Nugget, Northern Brewer, Eroica |
Cluster | Medium and quite spicy. | Galena, Eroica |
Columbus | Pleasant, with pungent aroma. | Magnum, Chinook, Northern Brewer, Warrior, Millenium, Bullion |
Crystal | Mild and pleasant, spicy and flowery. | Mt. Hood, Liberty, Hallertauer, Tettnanger, Strisselspalt |
E.K. Goldings | Gentle, fragrant and pleasant with flowery tones. | Fuggle, Progress, First Gold |
Eroica | Forward fruit flavors | Galena |
First Gold | A little like Golding family; spicy. | E.K. Goldings |
Fuggle | Mild and pleasant, earthy and fruity. | Willamette, Styrian Golding, Tettnanger, Newport |
Galena | Medium but pleasant hoppiness, citrusy. | Brewers Gold, Nugget, Cluster, Chinook, Eroica, Newport |
Glacier | Dual purpose hop with a citrus earthy aroma. | Willamette, Fuggle, Tettnanger, Styrian Goldings |
Hallertau | Noble aroma hop with subtle flower and spice fragrances. | Liberty, Tettnanger, Mt. Hood, Vangaurd, Tradition |
Horizon | Pleasantly hoppy. | Magnum |
Liberty | Mild and clean aroma, slightly spicy character. | Hallertau, Tettnanger, Mt. Hood, Crystal, Ultra |
Lublin | Mild and typical of noble aroma types. | Saaz, Sterling |
Magnum | Known for bittering value and quality. | Horizon, Newport |
Marynka | Bittering and aroma. | Northern Brewer |
Millenium | Mild, herbal, similar to Nugget. | Nugget, Columbus |
Mt. Hood | Mild, pleasant, and clean, somewhat pungent and resiny. | Hallertauer, Liberty, Crystal, Strisselspalt |
Northern Brewer | Medium-strong with some wild tones. | Nugget, Chinook, Columbus, Bullion, Perle, Styrian Aurora |
Newport | Fairly pungent. | Galena, Nugget, Fuggle, Magnum |
Northdown | Fine bittering properties and much-improved aroma. Ideal accompaniment to aroma hops such as Fuggles or Progress. | Admiral, Challenger |
Nugget | Quite heavy and herbal. | Cluster, Galena, Brewers Gold, Warrior, Eroica, Target, Millenium |
Perle | Moderately intense, good and hoppy, fruity and a little spicy. | Challenger, Northern Brewer |
Premiant | Pleasant, mild aroma. | ? |
Progress | Moderately strong, good aroma. | Fuggles, E.K. Goldings |
Saaz | Mild and pleasant, earthy and spicy. | Sladek, Lublin, Sterling, Ultra, Vangaurd |
Santiam | Noble characteristics. | Tettnanger, Spalt, Liberty, Hallertau |
Saphir | Mild aroma hop. | ? |
Simcoe | A bittering and aromatic hop. | Northern Brewer |
Sladek | A dual-purpose Saaz hybrid. | Saaz, Lublin |
Spalt | Mild and pleasant, slightly spicy. | Santiam, Liberty, Tettnanger, Hallertau |
Sterling | Herbal, spicy, pleasant aroma, hint of floral and citrus. | Saaz, Lublin |
Strisselspalt | Medium intensity, pleasant, hoppy. | Mt. Hood, Crystal |
Styrian Aurora | Intense, pleasant and hoppy. Very suitable for extraction and for combination with other varieties in the brewing process. | Northern Brewer |
Styrian Goldings | Delicate, slightly spicy. | Fuggle, Willamette |
Summit | Ultra high-alpha bittering hop | Amarillo, Cascade |
Target | Pleasant English hop aroma, quite intense. | Nugget, Fuggle, WIllamette, Admiral |
Tettnanger | Mild and pleasant, slightly spicy, herbal. | Hallertau, Liberty, Fuggle |
Tradition | Very fine and similar to Hallertauer Mittelfrüh. | Hallertauer |
Ultra | Very good to outstanding, some Saaz-like qualities. Aromatic properties similar to Hallertauer. | Liberty, Hallertau, Saaz |
Vangaurd | Aroma similar to continental European types. | Saaz, Hallertauer |
Warrior | A bittering and aromatic hop. | Nugget, Columbus |
Willamette | Mild and pleasant, slightly spicy, fruity, floral, a little earthy. | Styrian Golding, Target, Fuggle, Tettnanger, Glacier |