What do you do when you are unable to find a hop variety online or at your local homebrew shop? Hopefully you’re not throwing in the proverbial towel!
Many hop varieties can be used instead of hard to obtain hops with great success.
All of the hop substitutions suggested below were provided by YCH Hops. All hop varieties are domestic (USA) unless labeled otherwise.
Use the following key to help identify hop variety origins:
- AUS – Australia
- CZE – Czech
- DEU – Germany
- FRA – France
- GBR – Great Britain
- NZL – New Zealand
- POL – Poland
- SVN – Slovenia
Hop Variety | Possible Hop Substitution |
Admiral (GBR) |
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Ahtanum |
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Amarillo |
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Aramis (FRA) |
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Bitter Gold |
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Bramling Cross (GBR) |
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Bravo |
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Brewer’s Gold |
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Brewer’s Gold (DEU) |
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Bullion |
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Cascade |
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Centennial |
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[WATCH: American Hops: From Soil to Serve]
Challenger (GBR) |
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Chelan |
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Chinook |
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Citra |
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Cluster |
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Columbia |
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Columbus |
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Comet |
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Crystal |
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East Kent Golding (GBR) |
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Eroica |
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First Gold (GBR) |
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Fuggle |
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Fuggle (GBR) |
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Galaxy (AUS) |
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Galena |
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Glacier |
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Golding |
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Green Bullet (NZL) |
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[LISTEN: Hoppy Sour Beers: Taking the Bitter Out of IPA]
Hallertau |
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Hallertau Mittelfruh (DEU) |
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Helga (AUS) |
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Hersbruker (DEU) |
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Horizon |
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Liberty |
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Magnum |
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Magnum (DEU) |
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Merkur (DEU) |
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Millennium |
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Motueka (NZL) |
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Mt. Hood |
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Mt. Rainier |
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Newport |
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Northdown (GBR) |
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[WATCH: Experimenting with Smoked Hops]
Northern Brewer |
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Northern Brewer (DEU) |
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Nugget |
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Olympic |
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Opal |
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Pacific Gem (NZL) |
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Pacifica (NZL) |
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Palisade |
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Perle |
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Perle (DEU) |
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Phoenix (GBR) |
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Pilgrim (GBR) |
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Pioneer (GBR) |
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Progress (GBR) |
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Rakau (NZL) |
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Saaz |
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Saaz (CZE) |
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Santiam |
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Saphir (DEU) |
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Select (DEU) |
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Simcoe |
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Spalt (DEU) |
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Sterling |
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Sticklebract (NZL) |
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[LISTEN: Hops: Grow and Enjoy Your Own]
Strisselpalt (FRA) |
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Styrian Aurora (SVN) |
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Styrian Celeia (SVN) |
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Styrian Savinjski Golding (SVN) |
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Sylva (AUS) |
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Summit |
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Target (GBR) |
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Taurus (DEU) |
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Tettnang |
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Tettnang (DEU) |
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Tradition (DEU) |
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Tripleperle |
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Triskel (FRA) |
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Ultra |
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Vanguard |
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Warrior |
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WGV (GBR) |
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Willamette |
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