Type | Alpha Acid % | Origin |
Recommended Usages | Substitute |
Admiral | 11-15 |
??? | Bittering and flavor | Target, Northdown, Challenger |
Ahtanum | 3.5-6 |
??? | All purpose | ??? |
Amarillo | 6-7 |
United States | Flavor and aroma | cascade, centenial |
Aquila | 6-7.5 |
United States | Aroma | ??? |
Banner | 9.5-10.5 |
United States | Bittering | ??? |
Bramling Cross | 5-6 |
United States | Finishing | East Kent Goldings, progress, whitbread |
Brewers Gold | 6-10 |
United States/United Kingdom | Bittering |
Bullion, Northern Brewer, Northdown, Galena |
British Columbian Goldings | 4-6 |
Canada, U.S.A | All purpose | East Kent Goldings |
Bullion | 5-10 |
United States/United Kingdom | Bittering |
Brewers gold/Northern brewer, Galena, Columbus |
Cascades | 4-7 |
United States | Flavoring/Aroma | Centenials, Amarillo |
Centenials | 9-11 |
United States | Bittering | Cascade |
Challenger | 7-10 |
United Kingdom | Bittering/Aroma | Northern Brewer, Pearle |
Chinook | 11-14 |
United States | Bittering | Brewers Gold, Nugget, Columbus, Target |
Cluster | 5-8 |
United States | Flavor/Aroma | Chinook, Galena |
Columbia | 12-16 |
United States | Bittering | Nugget, Chinook,Northern Brewers, Target |
Columbus | 15 |
United States | All purpose | Eroica, Magnum |
Comet | 8-11 |
United States | Bittering | ??? |
Crystal | 2-5 |
U.S.A. | Flavor/Aroma | German Hallertau Hersbrucker, Mittelfruh, Liberty, Mt. Hood, Strisslespalt |
East Kent Golding | 4-6 |
United Kingdom | All purpose | B.C. Goldings, Fuggles, First Golds |
Eroica | 10-14 |
United States | Bittering | Brewers Gold, Columbus, Galena, Nugget, Chinook |
First Gold | 6.5-8.5 |
United Kingdom | All purpose | East Kent Goldings |
Fuggle | 4-6 |
United States/United Kingdom | Flavour/Aroma | Willamette, Kent Goldings, Progress, Styrian Goldings |
Galena | 11-14 |
United States | Bittering | Brewers Gold, nugget, Chinook, Bullion, Pride Of Ringwood |
Goldings | 4-7 |
United States/England | All purpose | Whitbread, Progress |
Green bullet | 9-11 |
Australia | Bittering | ??? |
Hallertauer | 2-7 |
United States/Germany | All purpose | Mt. Hood, Liberty, Ultra |
Horizon | 12-14 |
??? | Bittering | Magnum |
Huller | 4-6 |
United States | Bittering/Aroma | ??? |
Liberty | 4-5 |
United States | Finishing | Hallertau Mittelfruh, Mt. Hood, Crystal |
Lublin | 3-5 |
Poland | Finishing | Czech Saaz, Tettnanger |
Magnum | 12-14 |
U.S.A. | Aroma and Bittering | Columbus, Northern Brewer |
Mt. Hood | 4-6 |
United States | Flavor/Aroma | Hallertau Hersbruck, Mittelfruh, Crystal, Strisslespalt |
Northdown | 8-11 |
United Kingdom | All purpose | Northern Brewer, Omega, Target, Yeoman |
Northen Brewer | 7-11 |
United States/Germany | Bittering | North Down, Brewers Gold, Bullion, Challenger, Chinook |
Nuggets | 11-16 |
United States | Bittering | Chinook, Columbus, Galeena, Target |
Olympic | 11-14 |
United States | Bittering | Chinook |
Omega | 9-11 |
United Kingdom | Bittering | Northdown |
Orion | 6-8 |
Germany | Bittering | Nothern Brewer |
Pacific gem | 14 |
New Zealand | Bittering | ??? |
Pearls | 6-11 |
United States | Bittering/Aroma | Hallertau Mittelfruh (not in Pilsners)
Northern Brewer, Cluster, Chinook, Galena |
Pheonix | 8-12 |
United States | Bittering and flavor | Northdown, Kent Goldings,Challengers |
Pioneer | 8-10 |
U.K. | Bittering | Kent Goldings |
Pride of Ringwood | 8-11 |
Tasmania/Canada/Australia | Bittering | Galena, Cluster |
Progress | 6-7 |
United Kingdom | Aroma | Fuggles Kent Goldings |
Saaz | 3-6 |
Czechoslovakia/U.S.A. | Aroma/Finishing | Lublin, Ultra, Tettnanger, Spalt |
Santiam | 5.5-8 |
??? | All purpose | Tettnanger, Spalt, Spalt Select |
Southern cross | 12 |
New Zealand | Bittering | ??? |
Spalter | 4-5 |
Germany | Finishing | Saaz,Hallertauer |
Spalter Select | 4-6 |
GErmany | Finishing | Hallertauer, Saaz, Tettnanger |
Sticelbract | 9-10 |
New Zealand/Australia | Bittering | ??? |
Strissel Spalt | 3-5 |
Germany/France | Aroma | Hallertau Hesbrucker, Mt. Hood, Crystal
Fuggle, Willamette |
Styrian Goldings | 3-7 |
United States/Hungaria | Finishing/Aroma | Fuggles |
Sun | 15-16 |
??? | Bittering | ??? |
Super styrian | 8-10 |
United States/Hungaria | All purpose | ??? |
Target | 9-13 |
United Kingdom | Bittering | Northdown, Yeoman, Fuggle, Willamette |
Tettnanger | 3-5 |
United States/Germany | Finishing | Spalt, Saaz, Willamette, Fuggle |
Tomahawk | 15-17 |
U.S.A. | Bittering | Columbus |
Ultra | 3-4 |
U.S.A. | Aroma | Saaz, Liberty, Hallertauer |
U.S. Strisslespalt | 2-2.5 |
United States | Aroma and flavor | ??? |
Vanguard | 4-6 |
??? | All purpose | Saaz, Mittelfruh |
Warrior | 15-17 |
U.S.A. | Bittering | Nugget |
Willamette | 4-6 |
United States | Finishing/Aroma | Fuggles, Tettnanger, Styrians |
Yeoman | 9-14 |
United Kingdom | Bittering | Northdown, Targets |
Zenith | 9-10 |
England | Aroma and bittering | ??? |
Zeus | 13-17 |
U.S.A. | Bittering | Columbus |