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 Scroll to Top