Hop Varieties for Beer Brewing – BeerSmith

A complete listing of popular hop varieties used in home brewing beer.  The table below includes hop properties and appropriate substitutes – click on any hop name for the details on that hop variety.

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Home Brewing Hop Varieties

Name Origin

Alpha (%)

Type
Admiral UK 14.8 % Bittering
Ahtanum US 6.0 % Aroma
Amarillo Gold US 8.5 % Aroma
Aquila US 6.5 % Aroma
Banner US 10.0 % Bittering
Bramling Cross UK 6.0 % Aroma
Brewers Gold UK 8.0 % Bittering
Bullion UK 8.0 %  Bittering
Cascade US 5.5 % Both
Centennial US 10.0 % Bittering
Challenger UK 7.5 % Aroma
Chinook US 13.0 % Bittering
Cluster US 7.0 % Bittering
Columbia UK 5.5 % Bittering
Columbus
(Tomahawk)
US 14.0 % Bittering
Comet US 9.5 % Bittering
Crystal US 3.5 % Aroma
Eroica US 13.0 % Bittering
First Gold UK 7.5 % Both
Fuggles UK 4.5 % Aroma
Galena US 13.0 % Bittering
Glacier US 5.6 % Aroma
Goldings, B. C. Canada 5.0 % Aroma
Goldings, East Kent (EK) UK 5.0 % Aroma
Green Bullet New Zealand 13.5 % Bittering
Hallertauer Germany 4.8 % Aroma
Hallertauer,
Hersbrucker
Germany 4.0 % Aroma
Hallertauer,
Mittelfrueh
Germany 4.0 % Aroma
Hallertauer,
New Zealand
New Zealand 8.5 % Both
Herald UK 12.0 % Bittering
Horizon US 12.0 %  Bittering
Liberty US 4.3 % Aroma
Lublin Poland 5.0 % Bittering
Magnum Germany 14.0 % Bittering
Mt. Hood US 6.0 %  Aroma
Northdown UK 8.5 % Both
Northern Brewer Germany 8.5 % Both
Nugget US 13.0 % Bittering
Orion Germany 7.3 %  Both
Pacific Gem New Zealand 15.0 % Bittering
Pearle Germany 8.0 % Bittering
Phoenix UK 8.0 % Bittering
Pilgrim UK 11.5 % Bittering
Pioneer UK 9.0 % Both
Pride of Ringwood Australia 9.0 % Bittering
Progress UK 6.3 % Aroma
Saaz Czech Rep 4.0 % Aroma
Santiam US 6.0 % Aroma
Select Spalt Germany 4.8 % Aroma
Southern Cross New Zealand 13.0 % Both
Spalter Germany 4.5 % Aroma
Sterling US 7.5 % Both
Sticklebract New Zealand 13.5 % Both
Strisselspalt France 4.0 % Aroma
Styrian Goldings Slovenia 5.4 % Aroma
Sun US 14.0 % Bittering
Super Alpha New Zealand 13.0 %  Bittering
Target UK 11.0 % Bittering
Tettnang Germany 4.5 % Aroma
Tradition Germany 6.0 % Bittering
Ultra US 3.0 % Aroma
Vanguard US 5.5 % Aroma
Warrior US 15% Both
Whitbread
Golding Var (WGV)
UK 6.0 % Aroma
Willamette US 5.5 % Aroma
Zeus US 14.0 % Bittering
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