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Home Resource Guide Hop Chart
Comparing and Selecting Hops

So how do I choose the right hops for my beer? With such a wide range of flavor and aroma characteristics, this chart can serve as a helpful guide to more than eighty varieties. Whether you are trying to duplicate a style or are looking to experiment, the following list can help to get you started. Just select a beer style below and a chart will pull up with appropriate hops to consider for your recipe.

Name Alpha Acid % Possible Substitutions Flavor Description
Ahtanum 4-6.3% Floral, citrus, sharp, and piney.
Amarillo 8-9% Cascade, Centennial Citrusy, flowery.
Bravo 14-17%
Cascade 4.5-7% Amarillo, Centennial, possibly Columbus Pleasant, flowery, spicy, and citrusy. Can have a grapefruit flavor.
Centennial 8-11.5% Cascade, possibly Columbus Medium with floral and citrus tones.
Chinook 10-14% Columbus, Northern Brewer, Nugget, U.K. Target Mild to medium-heavy, spicy, piney, and grapefruity.
Cluster 5.5-8.5% Galena Medium and quite spicy.
Columbus 11-16% Chinook, Northern Brewer, Nugget, U.K. Target Pleasant, with pungent aroma.
Galena 10-14% Chinook, Nugget, Pride of Ringwood Medium but pleasant hoppiness, citrusy.
Horizon 11-14% Magnum or a high-alpha hop Pleasantly hoppy.
Magnum 13-15% Northern Brewer Known for bittering value and quality.
Nelson Sauvin (New Zealand) 12-14% Unique hop with grape-like flavor
Newport 13-17% Galena, Nugget Fairly pungent.
Northern Brewer (German) 7-10% Chinook, U.S. Northern Brewer Medium-strong with some wild tones.
Northern Brewer (U.S.) 6-10% Chinook, Nugget Medium-strong with some wild tones.
Northwest Golding 4-5% Known for aromatic properties.
Nugget 11-14.5% Chinook, Columbus, Galena, U.K. Target Quite heavy and herbal.
Olympic 11-13% Chinook Mild to medium, citrusy aroma, spicy.
Pacific Gem (New Zealand) 13-15% Bittering hop with a woody character.
Palisade 5.5-9.5% Perhaps Cascade Some "American" characteristics.
Perle (German) 6-8.5% Northern Brewer, U.S. Perle Moderately intense, good and hoppy, fruity and a little spicy.
Perle (U.S.) 6-9.5% Chinook, Cluster, Galena, Northern Brewer Known for its aromatic and bittering properties, pleasant and slightly spicy.
Pride of Ringwood (Australia) 7-10% Cluster, Galena Quite pronounced, woody, earthy, herbal.
Santiam 5-7.9% German Spalt, German Spalt Select, German Tettnanger Noble characteristics.
Satus 12.5-14% Galena Known for its bittering and aromatic properties.
Simcoe 12-14% A bittering and aromatic hop.
Sorachi Ace (Japan) 13-16% Bittering hop with lemony aroma
Target (U.K.) 9.5-12.5% Fuggle, Willamette Pleasant English hop aroma, quite intense.
Tomahawk 15-17% Columbus Primarily a bittering hop.
Warrior 15-17% Nugget A bittering and aromatic hop.
Willamette 3.5-6% Styrian Golding, U.S. Fuggle, U.S. Tettnanger Mild and pleasant, slightly spicy, fruity, floral, a little earthy.
Yakima Cluster 6-8.5% Used as a kettle hop for bittering.
Zeus 13-17% Columbus Aromatic and pleasant.

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