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Hop Shortages That Occured World Wide Have Improved This Year
Hop prices, Prices have plummeted, due to both excellent crops in most locations, and the InBev purchase
of AB, following which millions of pounds of Cascade and Willamette varieties were freed up
due to the AB switch to hop extracts.
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| Pellet Hops |
| Name: Antanum
Grown: US
Profile: An aroma/flavoring hop variety that is similar to Cascade or Amarillo. It has a citrus and floral character with the addition of some piney or earth notes. Low alpha acids make Ahtanum a good choice for a flavor addition when you do not want to impart quite the bitterness.
Usage: Beer styles suited for Ahtanum include American APA, American IPA and light Lagers.
Used for aroma/flavoring
AA Range: 5.2%
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$2.89
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| Name: Amarillo
Grown: US
Profile: Citrusy, Flowery
Usage: Ales, and IPA
Used for bittering, finishing, and especially dry hopping.
AA Range: 4.5-8%
Substitute: Centennial, Cascade |
$1.69
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| Name: Brambling Cross
Grown: UK
Profile: Quite mild, fruity currant aroma.
Usage: ESB, Bitters, Pale Ale
Used for bittering, finishing, and especially dry hopping.
Nevada Pale Ale AA Range: 4.5-8% Substitute: Centennial |
$1.79
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| Name: Brewers Gold
Grown: US
Profile: Black currnat, fruity, spicy aroma; sharp bittering hop
Usage: Bittering for ales
AA Range: 8-10%%
Substitute: Bullion |
$2.59
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| Name: Cascade
Grown: US
Profile: Strong spicy, floral, citrus (i.e. grapefruit) aroma.
Usage: The defining aroma for American style Pale ales.
AA Range: 4.5-8% Substitute: Centennial |
$1.59
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| Name: Centennial
Grown: US
Profile: Spicy, floral, citrus aroma, often referred to as Super Cascade
Usage: General purpose bittering, aroma, some dry hopping
Example: Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale
AA Range: 9-11.5%
Substitute: Cascade, Columbus |
$1.69
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| Name: Challenger
Grown: UK
Profile: Strong, fine spicy aroma widely used for English Bitters;
Usage: Excellent bittering hop, also used for flavoring and aroma.
Example: Full Sail IPA, Butterknowle Bitter
AA Range: 6-8%
Substitute: Progress |
$1.79
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| Name: Chinook
Grown: US
Profile: Heavy spicy aroma;
Usage: Bittering
Example: Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, Sierra Nevada Stout
AA Range: 12-14%
Substitute: Galena, Eroica, Brewer's Gold, Nugget, Bullion |
$1.59
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| Name: Cluster
Grown:
Profile: Medium and quite spicy
Usage: Ales and lagers (good aroma for ales and good bittering for lagers)
Used for bittering, and aroma
AA Range: 5-7%
Substitute: Kent Goldings, Progrewss, Whitbread Goldings Variety |
$1.59
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| Name: Columbus
Grown: US
Profile: Strong fine herbal flavor and aroma;
Usage: Excellent general purpose bittering, flavoring and aroma hop.
Example: Anderson Valley IPA, Full Sail Old Boardhead Barleywine
AA Range: 13-16%
Substitute: Centennial, Chinook, Galena, Nugget |
$1.69
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| Name: Crystal a.k.a. CJF-Hallertau
Grown: US
Profile: Mild, pleasant, slightly spicy. One of three hops bred as
domestic replacements for Hallertauer Mittelfruh.
Usage: Aroma/finishing/flavoring
AA Range: 2-5%
Substitute: Hallertauer Mittelfruh, Hallertauer Hersbrucker,
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Not Available This Year
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| Name: East Kent Goldings (EKG)
Grown: UK
Profile: Spicy/floral, earthy, rounded, mild aroma; spicy flavor
Usage: Bittering, finishing, dry hopping for British style ales
AA Range: 4.5-7%
Substitute: BC Goldings, Whitbread Goldings Variety |
$2.29
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| Name: First Gold
Grown: U.K.
Profile: A bit like Golding family of hops; spicy.
Usage: Ales, and ESB
AA Range: 4.5-7%
Substitute: BC Goldings, Whitbread Goldings Variety |
$1.79
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| Name: Fuggles
Grown: UK, US, and other areas
Profile: Mild, soft, grassy, floral aroma
Usage: Finishing / dry hopping for all ales, dark lagers
AA Range: 3.5-5.5%
Substitute: East Kent Goldings, Willamette, Styrian Goldings |
$2.29
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| Name: Galena
Grown: US
Profile: Strong, clean bittering hop
Usage: General purpose bittering
Example: The most widely used commercial bittering hop in the US.
AA Range: 12-14%
Substitute: Cluster, Northern Brewer, Nugget |
$1.69
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| Name: Glacier
Grown: United States
Profile: Excellent earthy, spciy aroma
Usage: Aroma hop for ales.
AA Range: 5-6%
Substitute: Saaz, Mt. Hood |
$2.29
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| Name: Hallertauer German
Grown: Germany
Profile: Pleasant, spicy/mild, noble, earthy aroma
Usage: Finishing for German style lagers
AA Range: 2.5-5%
Substitute: Hallertauer Mittelfruh, Mt. Hood, Liberty, Crystal, Ultra |
$1.59
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| Name: Liberty
Grown: US
Profile: Fine, very mild aroma. One of three hops bred as domestic replacements for Hallertauer Mittelfruh.
Usage: Finishing for German style lagers
AA Range: 2.5-5%
Substitute: Hallertauer Mittelfruh, Hallertauer Hersbrucker, Mt. Hood, Crystal, Ultra |
$1.69
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| Name: Magnum
Grown: U.S.
Profile: Known for bittering value and quality
Usage: All beers particularly lagesrs, pilsners and stouts.
AA Range: 13-15%
Substitute:Northern Brewer |
Not Available This Year
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| Name: Mount Hood
Grown: U.S.
Profile: Mild, Pleasant, and clean.
Usage: Lagers, Pilsners, wheat
AA Range: 3-8%
Substitute: Crystal, Herbrucker |
$1.69
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| Name: Northern Brewer
Grown: UK, US, Germany (called Hallertauer NB), and other areas
Profile: Hallertauer NB has a fine, fragrant aroma;
Usage: Bittering and finishing for a wide variety of beers
Example: Old Peculiar (bittering), Anchor Liberty (bittering),
AA Range: 7-10%
Substitute: Perle |
$1.79
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| Name: Nugget
Grown: US
Profile: Heavy and herbal
Usage: Light Lager
AA Range: 11-14.5%
Substitute: Columbus, Chinook, U.K. Target, Galena |
$1.79
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| Name: Perle
Grown: Germany, United States
Profile: Known for its aromatic and bittering properties, pleasant and slightly spicy..
Usage: Pale Ale, Porters, and Lagers
AA Range: 6-8.5%
Substitute: U.S. Perle, Northern Brewer |
$2.59
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| Name: Phoenix
Grown:U.K.
Profile: Mild to moderate quite spicy
Usage: All ales
AA Range: 4.2-5.5%
Substitute: U.K Northdown, U.K. Kent Golding, U.K. Challenger |
$2.59
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| Name: Progress
Grown: UK
Profile: Assertive fruity aroma
Usage: Widely used for real cask ales.
AA Range: 5-6%
Substitute: Fuggles, Whitbread Goldings Variety |
Not Available This Year
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| Name: Saaz
Grown: Czechoslovakia
Profile: Delicate, mild, floral aroma
Usage: Finishing for Bohemian style lagers
AA Range: 2-5%
Substitute: Tettnang, Spalt, Ultra |
$1.79
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| Name: Simcoe
Grown: United States
A dual-purpose, unique American hybrid. Although it is primarily a bittering hop, it has a clean, pine-like aroma and flavoring with a slight hint of citrus. It is less astringent than other pine-like hops and has been highly sought after to make distinctive and unique Pale Ales like Weyerbacher Double Simcoe® IPA. The flavor
is believed superior due to low cohumulone levels.
Usage: Dual purpose bittering and aroma hop for ales and lagers.
AA Range: 12%
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$2.59
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| Name: Spaltz
Grown: Germany/US
Profile: Mild, pleasant, slightly spicy
Usage: Aroma/finishing/flavorin g, some bittering
AA Range: 3-6%
Substitute: Saaz, Tettnang, Ultra |
$1.79
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| Name: Sterling
Grown: United States
Profile: Herbal, spicy, slight floral and citrus
Usage: Dual purpose bittering and aroma hop for ales and lagers.
AA Range: 6-9%
Substitute: Saaz, Mt. Hood |
$2.29
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| Name: Styrian Goldings
Grown: Yugoslavia (seedless Fuggles grown in Yugoslavia),
Profile: Similar to Fuggles
Usage: Bittering/finishing/dry hopping for a wide variety of beers.
AA Range: 4.5-7%
Substitute: Fuggles, Willamette |
$1.59
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| Name: Target
Grown: U.K.
Profile: Pleasnat English hop aroma, quite intense
Usage:All ales and lagers
AA Range:9.5-12.5%
Substitute: Fuggle, Willamette |
$3.59
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| Name: Tettnang
Grown: Germany
Profile: Fine, spicy aroma
Usage: Finishing for German style beers
AA Range: 3-6%
Substitute: Saaz, Spalt, Ultra |
$1.79
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Name: Vangaurd
Grown: US
Profile: A hybrid pedigree derived from a Hallertau Mittlefruh accession. Increasingly more common in the craft beer industry. Vanguard is a substitution for Hallertau, Hersbrucker, Mt. Hood and Liberty. Beer Styles: Lagers, Pilsners, Bocks, Kolschs, Wheats and Munich Helles.
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$2.59
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| Name: Warrior
Grown: United States
Profile: Mild aroma, clean bittering hop.
Usage: Good bittering hop for ales.
AA Range: 15-17%
Substitute: Nugget, Columbus |
$2.59
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| Name: Willamette
Grown: US
Profile: Mild, spicy, grassy, floral aroma
Usage: Finishing / dry hopping for American / British style ales
AA Range: 4-7%
Substitute: Fuggles |
$1.59
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| Hop Plugs and Whole Leaf Hops |
| Name: Cascade
1 Ounce 2 Plugs
Grown: US
Profile: Strong spicy, floral, citrus (i.e. grapefruit) aroma.
Usage: The defining aroma for American style Pale ales.
AA Range: 4.5-8% Substitute: Centennial |
$1.99
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| Name: First Gold
1 Ounce 2 Plugs
Grown: U.K.
Profile: A bit like Golding family of hops; spicy.
Usage: Ales, and ESB
AA Range: 4.5-7%
Substitute: BC Goldings, Whitbread Goldings Variety |
$1.99
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| Name: Fuggles
1 Ounce 2 Plugs
Grown: UK, US, and other areas
Profile: Mild, soft, grassy, floral aroma
Usage: Finishing / dry hopping for all ales, dark lagers
AA Range: 3.5-5.5%
Substitute: East Kent Goldings, Willamette, Styrian Goldings |
$1.99
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| Name: Hallertauer German
1 Ounce 2 Plugs
Grown: Germany
Profile: Pleasant, spicy/mild, noble, earthy aroma
Usage: Finishing for German style lagers
AA Range: 2.5-5%
Substitute: Hallertauer Mittelfruh, Mt. Hood, Liberty, Crystal, Ultra |
$1.99
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| Name: Kent Goldings (EKG)
1 Ounce 2 Plugs
Grown: UK
Profile: Spicy/floral, earthy, rounded, mild aroma; spicy flavor
Usage: Bittering, finishing, dry hopping for British style ales
AA Range: 4.5-7%
Substitute: BC Goldings, Whitbread Goldings Variety |
$1.99
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| Name: Northern Brewer
1 Ounce 2 Plugs
Grown: UK, US, Germany (called Hallertauer NB), and other areas
Profile: Hallertauer NB has a fine, fragrant aroma;
Usage: Bittering and finishing for a wide variety of beers
Example: Old Peculiar (bittering), Anchor Liberty (bittering),
AA Range: 7-10%
Substitute: Perle |
$1.99
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| Name: Saaz Czech
1 Ounce 2 Plugs
Grown: Czechoslovakia
Profile: Delicate, mild, floral aroma
Usage: Finishing for Bohemian style lagers
AA Range: 2-5%
Substitute: Tettnang, Spalt, Ultra |
$1.99
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| Name: Brambling Cross
Whole Leaf Hops 1 Ounce
Grown: UK
Profile: Quite mild, fruity currant aroma.
Usage: ESB, Bitters, Pale Ale
Used for bittering, finishing, and especially dry hopping.
Nevada Pale Ale AA Range: 4.5-8% Substitute: Centennial |
$1.99
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| Name: Fuggles Whole Leaf Hops 1 Ounce
Grown: UK, US, and other areas
Profile: Mild, soft, grassy, floral aroma
Usage: Finishing / dry hopping for all ales, dark lagers
AA Range: 3.5-5.5%
Substitute: East Kent Goldings, Willamette, Styrian Goldings |
$1.99
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| Name: Kent Goldings (EKG)
Whole Leaf Hops 1 Ounce
Grown: UK
Profile: Spicy/floral, earthy, rounded, mild aroma; spicy flavor
Usage: Bittering, finishing, dry hopping for British style ales
AA Range: 4.5-7%
Substitute: BC Goldings, Whitbread Goldings Variety |
$1.99
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| Name: Saaz Czech
Grown: Czechoslovakia
Profile: Delicate, mild, floral aroma
Usage: Finishing for Bohemian style lagers
AA Range: 2-5%
Substitute: Tettnang, Spalt, Ultra |
$1.99
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| Name: W.G.V. (UK)
Grown: United Kingdom
Profile: Traditional English hop with a sweet and fruity aroma.
Usage: Bitters
AA Range: 4 - 5%
Substitute: Progress, Fuggles, EKG |
$1.99
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