| Name |
Alpha Acid % |
Typical Beer Styles |
Possible Substitutions |
Flavor Description |
| Galena |
10% to 14% |
Ale, porter, stout, ESB, bitter |
Nugget, Pride of Ringwood, Chinook |
Medium but pleasant hoppiness, citrusy. |
| Golding (U.S.) |
4% to 6% |
Pale ale, ESB, all English-style beer |
U.K. Golding, Whitbread Golding Variety, U.K. Progress, and possibly the Fuggle family |
Mild, extremely pleasant, and gently hoppy. |
| Green Bullet (New Zealand) |
11% to 14% |
|
Liberty, Ultra, Hallertauer Tradition, Crystal, Mt. Hood |
Dual purpose hop. |
| Hallertauer (U.S.) |
3.5% to 5.5% |
Lager, pilsner, bock, wheat |
Liberty, Ultra, Hallertauer Tradition |
Very mild, pleasant, and slightly flowery, some spicy. |
| Hallertauer Gold |
6% to 6.5% |
|
Crystal, Mt. Hood |
Known for its aromatic properties similar to Hallertauer. |
| Hallertauer Mittelfrüh |
3% to 5.5% |
Lager, bock, wheat, maybe pilsner |
Liberty, German Tradition, Ultra |
Mild and pleasant. |
| Hallertauer Tradition (Ger.) |
3.5% to 5.5% |
Mild-flavored beers |
Crystal, Liberty |
Known for its aromatic properties. A replacement for Hallertauer Mittelfrüh. |
| Hersbrucker (German) |
3% to 5.5% |
Lager, pilsner, bock, wheat |
Mt. Hood, French Strisslespalt |
Mild to semi-strong, pleasant, hoppy. |
| Horizon |
11% to 14% |
Ale, lager |
Magnum or a high-alpha hop |
Pleasantly hoppy. |
| Kent Golding (U.K.) |
4% to 5.5% |
All English-style ales, ESB, bitter |
U.S. Golding, Whitbread Golding Variety, U.K. Progress |
Gentle, fragrant, and pleasant. |
| Liberty |
3% to 6% |
Lager, pilsner, bock, wheat |
Hallertauer Tradition, Hallertauer, Mt. Hood |
Mild and clean aroma, slightly spicy character. |
| Magnum |
13% to 15% |
All beers, particularly lager, pilsner, stout |
Northern Brewer |
Known for bittering value and quality. |
| Mt. Hood |
3% to 8% |
Lager, pilsner, bock, wheat |
Crystal, French Strisslespalt, Hersbrucker |
Mild, pleasant, and clean, somewhat pungent and resiny. |
| Newport |
13% to 17% |
any |
Galena, Nugget |
Fairly pungent. |
| Northdown (U.K.) |
7.5% to 9.5% |
All ales, porter |
|
Fruity with some spiciness. |
| Nelson Sauvin (N.Z.) |
12% to 14% |
|
|
Unique hop with grape-like flavor |
| Northern Brewer (U.S.) |
6% to 10% |
ESB, bitter, English pale ale, porter, California (steam) beer |
Nugget, Chinook |
Medium-strong with some wild tones. |
| Northern Brewer (German) |
7% to 10% |
ESB, bitter, English pale ale, porter |
Chinook, U.S. Northern Brewer |
Medium-strong with some wild tones. |
| Northwest Golding |
4% to 5% |
Ale, porter, stout, ESB, bitter |
|
Known for aromatic properties. |
| Nugget |
11% to 14.5% |
Light lager |
Columbus, Chinook, U.K. Target, Galena |
Quite heavy and herbal. |
| Olympic |
11% to 13% |
|
Chinook |
Mild to medium, citrusy aroma, spicy. |
| Pacific Gem (New Zealand) |
13% to 15% |
|
|
Bittering hop with a woody character. |
| Palisade |
5.5% to 9.5% |
|
Perhaps Cascade |
Some "American" characteristics. |
| Perle (U.S.) |
6% to 9.5% |
Pale ale, porter, German styles |
Northern Brewer, Cluster, Galena, Chinook |
Known for its aromatic and bittering properties, pleasant and slightly spicy. |
| Perle (German) |
6% to 8.5% |
Pale ale, porter, lager |
U.S. Perle, Northern Brewer |
Moderately intense, good and hoppy, fruity and a little spicy. |
| Phoenix (U.K.) |
4.2% to 5.5% |
All ales |
U.K. Northdown, U.K. Kent Golding, U.K. Challenger |
Similar to U.K. Challenger. |
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