Hop Substitutions

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There are well over five hundred hop varieties available for use in brewing beer. If a beer recipe calls for a particular variety of hop that it is unavailable, there is a good chance that a substitution can be made without much of a difference.

Hop substitutions need to be chosen carefully. The alpha and beta acid contents should be close to ensure the bitterness and stability is similar. Hops also have different essential oil percentages, which will change the flavor and aromas. These oils should also be close when swapping one hop for another, but these are only essential to keep aromas similar.

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Hop	Substitutions
Adeena	Hallertau Mittelfruh, Styrian Golding
Admiral	Target, Northdown, Challenger
African Queen	Amarillo, Cascade, Simcoe, Citra, Mosaic
Agnus	Magnum (US), Nugget, Target, Columbus
Ahtanum	Amarillo, Cascade, Centennial, Willamette
Akoya	Perle (US), Perle (GR), Aurora, Hallertau Tradition, Northern Brewer (US), Northern Brewer
Altus	Apollo
Amarillo	Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Summer, Simcoe
Apollo	Magnum (US), Magnum (GR), Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus, CTZ, Nugget
Aquila	Cluster, Galena
Aramis	Willamette, Challenger, Ahtanum, Centennial, Strisselspalt, EKG, Saaz (US), Hallertau Mittelfruh
Ariana	Huell Melon, Mandarina Bavaria, Hallertau Blanc
Aurora	Styrian Golding, Perle (GR), Perle (US), Northern Brewer (US), Northern Brewer (GR)
Azacca	Amarillo, Citra, Delta, Pekko
Banner	Aquila, Cluster, Galena
Belma	Huell Melon, Pacific Gem
Bergamot	XJA2-436
Bianca	Sunbeam
Bitter Gold	Galena, Nugget
Boadicea	Green Bullet, Cascade, Chinook
Bobek	Fuggle, Styrian Golding, Willamette
Bramling Cross	East Kent Goldings, Bullion, Northern Brewer (US), Northern Brewer (GR), Galena
Bravo	Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus, CTZ, Zeus, Chinook, Centennial, Nugget
Brewer's Gold (GR)	Chinook, Galena, Nugget, Brewer's Gold (US)
Brewer's Gold (US)	Galena, Brewer's Gold, Chinook, Galena, Nugget
Brooklyn	Moutere
Bullion	Brewers Gold, Northern Brewer (US), Northern Brewer (GR), Galena, Bramling Cross, Mount Ranier
Callista	Hallertau Tradition, Grungeist
Calypso	Galena, Cascade, Huell Melon, Belma
Canadian Redvine	Newport, Magnum, Galena, Cascade
Cascade	Amarillo, Centennial, Ahtanum, Summit
Cashmere	Cascade
Cekin	Styrian Golding, Brewers Gold, Aurora
Celeia	Styrian Golding, Bobek, Saaz (CZ)
Centennial	Cascade, Chinook, Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus, CTZ, Amarillo
Challenger	Northern Brewer (US), Northern Brewer (GR), Perle (US), Target, Northdown
Chelan	Galena, Nugget
Chinook	Nugget, Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus, CTZ, Northern Brewer (US), Galena
Citra	Simcoe, Mosaic, Centennial, Cascade
Cluster	Galena, Chinook, Eroica, Nugget
Cluster Fugget Blend	Cluster, Fuggle, Nugget
Columbia	Centennial, Chinook
Columbus	CTZ, Tomahawk, Zeus, Centennial, Chinook, Galena, Nugget, Millennium
Comet	Galena, Citra
Crystal	Mount Hood, Hersbrucker, Strisselspalt, Liberty, Ultra, Hallertau
CTZ	Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus
Dana	Fuggle, Willamette
Delta	Fuggle, Willamette, Cascade
Dr. Rudi	Green Bullet
East Kent Goldings	Golding, Fuggle, Willamette
Ekuanot	Chinook, Summit, Galena, Cluster
El Dorado	Citra, Nelson Sauvin, Rakau
Ella	Perle (US), Palisade, Galaxy
Endeavour	Bramling Cross, Pilgrim
Enigma	Nelson Sauvin, Hallertau Blanc
Equinox	Ekuanot
Eroica	Brewer's Gold, Chinook, Cluster, Galena, Nugget
Eureka	Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus, CTZ, Apollo, Merkur, Simcoe, Summit
Falconer's Flight	Citra, Simcoe, Amarillo, Sorachi Ace, Summit, Cascade
Falconer's Flight 7CS	CTZ, Centennial, Citra, Columbus, Chinook, Cluster, Cascade, Crystal
First Gold	Whitbread Golding Variety, East Kent Golding, Willamette
Flyer	Willamette, East Kent Goldings
Fuggle	Willamette, Styrian Golding, East Kent Goldings
Galaxy	Simcoe, Citra, Amarillo
Galena	Brewer's Gold, Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus, CTZ, Nugget
Glacier	Fuggle, Styrian Golding, Willamette
Godiva	Wai-iti, Hallertau Blanc
Golden Star	Fuggle
Golding	East Kent Golding, Fuggle, Willamette, Styrian Golding, Progress, Whitbread Golding Variety
Green Bullet	Liberty, Hallertau, Mount Hood, Ultra, Crystal
Grungeist	Callista
Hallertau (US)	Liberty, Mount Hood, Hallertau Mittelfruh, Crystal, Hallertau Tradition
Hallertau Blanc	Nelson Sauvin, Enigma
Hallertau Gold	Hallertau Mittelfruh, Tettnanger, East Kent Golding, Crystal, Mount Hood
Hallertau Mittelfrüh	Hallertau, Liberty, Vanguard, Hallertau Tradition
Hallertau Taurus	Magnum (GR), Magnum (US), Citra, Hallertau Tradition, Merkur, Herkules
Hallertau Tradition	Hallertau Mittelfruh, Tettnanger, East Kent Golding, Crystal, Mount Hood
Harlequin	Mosaic
HBC 692	Talus
Helga	Hallertau, Hallertau Mittelfruh
Herald	Pioneer, Pilgrim
Herkules	Taurus, Warrior
Hersbrucker	Hallertau, Mount Hood, Liberty, Spalt
Horizon	Magnum (US), Magnum (GR), Nugget
Huell Melon	Belma, Jarrylo
Idaho 7	Azacca, El Dorado, Cashmere, Citra, Idaho Gem, Amarillo, Chinook, Columbus
Idaho Gem	Azacca, El Dorado, Cashmere, Citra, Idaho 7, Cascade
Jarrylo	Motueka, Nelson Sauvin, Mosaic
Jester	Cascade
Junga	Nugget, Target, Galena
Kazbek	Saaz (CZ)
Kohatu	Wai-iti, Motueka
Lambic	Fuggle
Lemondrop	Cascade, Motueka, Liberty, Mandarina Bavaria, Centennial
Liberty	Hallertau, Mount Hood, Crystal
Loral	Glacier, Nugget, Strisselspalt, Tardif De Bourgogne
Lubelska	Saaz (CZ), Saaz (US), Tettnang, Stirling
Magnat	Magnum (GR), Magnum (US), Lubelski
Magnum (GR)	Magnum (US), Nugget, Taurus, Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus, CTZ
Magnum (US)	Galena, Magnum (GR), Nugget, Columbus, Horizon, Northdown, Northern Brewer (US)
Mandarina Bavaria	Cascade, Huell Melon, Lemondrop, Perle (US)
Marco Polo	CTZ, Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus
Marynka	Tettnanger
Medusa	Zappa
Melba	Galaxy
Meridian	Citra, Glacier, Centennial
Merkur	Magnum (GR), Magnum (US), Hallertau Taurus, Hallertau Tradition
Millennium	Nugget, Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus, CTZ
Minstrel	Challenger
Mosaic	Citra, Simcoe
Motueka	Saaz (US), Sterling
Mount Hood	Hallertau, Hersbrucker, Liberty, Crystal, Hallertau Mittelfruh
Mount Rainier	Fuggle, Hallertau
Multihead	Medusa
Mystic	Barbe Rouge, Styrian Dragon, Huell Melon
Nectaron	Waimea, Citra, Mosaic
Nelson Sauvin	Hallertau Blanc, Enigma, Motueka, Riwaka
Newport	Brewer's Gold, Fuggle, Galena, Magnum (GR), Magnum (US), Nugget
Northdown	Northern Brewer (US), Northern Brewer (GR), Target, Challenger, Admiral
Northern Brewer (GR)	Northern Brewer (US), Brewers Gold, Chinook, Perle (US), Perle (GR)
Northern Brewer (US)	Galena, Perle (US), Magnum (GR), Magnum (US), Chinook, Northern Brewer (GR)
Nugget	Galena, Magnum (US), Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus, CTZ
Olympic	Brewers Gold, Chinook, Galena
Omega	Super Galena, Challenger
Opal	East Kent Golding, Styrian Golding, Tettnanger
Orion	Northern Brewer (GR), Perle (GR), Challenger
Pacific Crest	Saaz (US), Saaz (CZ), Fuggle, Tettnang
Pacific Gem	Cluster, Magnum (GR), Magnum (US), Galena, Belma
Pacific Jade	Hallertau, Saaz (CZ), Cluster
Pacific Sunrise	Pacific Gem
Pacifica	Hallertau
Palisade	Willamette, Glacier
Paradigm	Saaz (US), Mosaic, Citra, Galaxy
Pekko	Saaz (CZ), Azacca
Perle (GR)	Northern Brewer (US), Northern Brewer (GR), Perle (US)
Perle (US)	Perle (GR), Northern Brewer (US), Northern Brewer (GR), Cluster, Galena
Phoenix	Challenger, Northdown
Pilgrim	Challenger, Pioneer, Challenger
Pilot	Galena
Pioneer	Yeoman, Herald, Omega
Polaris	Herkules
Premiant	Styrian Golding, Saaz (CZ)
Pride of Ringwood	Centennial, Galena, Cluster
Progress	Golding, Fuggle
Rakau	Amarillo, Summit
Relax	Monroe
Riwaka	Saaz (CZ), Citra, Calypso, Centennial, Motueka
Saaz (CZ)	Polish Lublin, Saaz (US), Sterling, Tettnang
Saaz (US)	Saaz (CZ), Polish Lublin, Sterling, Tettnang, Sorachi Ace
Saaz Late	Saaz (CZ), Saaz (US)
Santiam	Citra, Spalt, Spalter Select, Tettnang
Saphir	Hallertau Mittelfruh, Hallertau, Spalter Select
Satus	Nugget, Galena
Simcoe	Summit, Magnum (US), Amarillo, Mosaic, Cascade, Centennial, Citra, Columbus
Sládek	Saaz (CZ), Saaz (US), Northern Brewer (GR), Northern Brewer (US)
Smaragd	Hallertau Mittelfruh, Opal
Smooth Cone	Cluster
Sonnet	East Kent Golding, Hersbrucker, Crystal, Saaz (CH), Saaz (US)
Sorachi Ace	Southern Cross
Southern Aroma	Motueka
Southern Brewer	Southern Promise, Fuggle
Southern Cross	Sorachi Ace
Southern Promise	Southern Brewer
Southern Star	Mosaic, Ekuanot, El Dorado, Mandarina Bavaria, Southern Cross, Warrior
Sovereign	Fuggle
Spalt	Saaz (CZ), Tettnang, Ultra, Tettnanger, Santiam, Liberty, Hallertau
Spalter Select	Tettnanger, Saaz (CZ), Spalt, Perle (GR), Hallertau Tradition
Sterling	Saaz (US), Mount Hood
Sticklebract	Northern Brewer (GR), Hersbrucker, Hallertau, Sorachi Ace, Simcoe
Stirling	Saaz (US)
Strata	Galaxy, Mosaic
Strisselspalt	Crystal, Hersbrucker, Mount Hood, Liberty, Hallertau
Styrian Golding	Fuggle, Willamette, Bobek
Sultana (Denali)	Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus, CTZ, Nugget
Summer	Palisade, Saaz (US)
Summit	Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus, CTZ, Warrior, Millennium, Simcoe, Amarillo, Cascade
Sun	Magnum (GR), Magnum (US), Galena, Zeus
Super Galena	Galena, Nugget, Cluster, Chinook
Super Pride	Pride of Ringwood
Sussex	Progress, Whitbread Golding Variety, Fuggle
Sybilla	Perle (US), Perle (GR), Northern Brewer (US), Northern Brewer (GR), Magnum (GR), Magnum (US), Nugget, Bobek, Lubelski
Sylva	Hallertau Mittelfruh, Helga, Saaz (US), Northern Brewer (US)
Tahoma	Glacier
Talus	Sabro
Tardif de Bourgogne	Strisselspalt
Target	Fuggle, Willamette
Teamaker	Crystal
Tettnang (US)	Tettnanger, Fuggle, Santiam, Spalter Select, Spalt
Tettnanger	Tettnang (US), Spalter Select, Spalt, Saaz (CZ), Lubelski
Tillicum	Galena, Chelan
Tomahawk	Columbus, CTZ, Zeus, Centennial, Chinook, Galena, Nugget, Millennium
Topaz	Galaxy, Citra, Cascade, Riwaka, Rakau, Amarillo
TriplePearl	Perle (US)
Triskel	Strisselspalt, Ahtanum, Centennial, Chinook, Simcoe
Triumph	Nugget, Hallertau
Tsingdao Flower	Cluster
Ultra	Hallertau, Crystal, Liberty, Mount Hood, Saaz (US), Tettnanger
Vanguard	Hallertau, Hersbrucker, Mount Hood, Liberty
Vic Secret	Galaxy
Vienna Gold	Cluster
Wai-iti	Riwaka
Waimea	Pacific Jade
Wakatu	Hallertau Mittelfruh, Nelson Sauvin
Warrior	Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus, CTZ, Nugget, Magnum (GR), Magnum (US), Summit
Whitbread Golding Variety (WGV)	Fuggle
Wild Loyalist	Saaz (US), Styrian Golding
Willamette	Glacier, Fuggle, Tettnang (US), Styrian Golding, East Kent Golding
Wurttemberg	Tettnanger
XJA2/436	Simcoe, Centennial, Bergamot
Yakima Cluster	Chinook, Cluster
Yakima Gold	Cluster
Yellow Sub	Amarillo
Yeoman	Target
Zagrava	Saaz (US), Tettnanger, Lubelski, Spalter Select
Zenith	Yeoman, Northern Brewer (US)
Zeus	Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus, CTZ, Centennial, Chinook, Galena, Nugget, Millennium
Zythos	Amarillo, Cascade, Simcoe