Similar to Cluster. Released in 1987. Not widely used.

Quite bitter with negligible aroma. Used in ales. Also grown in Germany.

Hersbrucker is drier and spicier than Hallertauer. Hersbrucker is mild to semi strong but imparts pleasant characteristics, and is the most important aroma variety in Germany. It is used in lager, pilsner, bock and wheat beers. Mount Hood and Strisslespal ...

Olympic is spicy with a moderate citrusy aroma and is similar to Chinook.

Tettnang is used in lagers and has a floral aroma. US varieties have twice the yield of their European parents.

Cascade is used widely in American beers, and is the predominant hop in most West Coast ales. Cascade imparts a pleasant citrusy (usually grapefruit), zesty flavor and floral/citrus aroma. It was released in 1972 and is one of the most recognisable US hop ...

Bullion was first grown in 1919 and never took off even though it was one of the original high-alpha hops. Its popularity is declining. It is from Goldings stock, but does not have the flavor or aroma of Goldings. It is rich with an intense blackcurrant a ...

Good aroma and a quite high bitterness. Use in European lagers.

Despite its name, it is a variety of Fuggles, grown seedless in Slovenia. It is delicate and slightly spicy. It is used in many English ales, some Belgian ales and some lagers.

Columbia is a sibling of Willamette and Fuggles. It was released in 1976.

A relatively new, hew high-alpha dwarf variety.

One of Britain's most-popular hops, Challenger is mild, with good aroma and a typical English hop taste. It is fairly bitter for a hop from Britain. As well as bittering and aroma in English ales, porter, stout, bitter and extra special bitter, it is used ...

Used in India pale ale, pale ale and stout. A relatively new high-alpha variety grown in the US northwest that is gaining in popularity. It has a very pungent aroma and clean bittering properties.

Shinsu Wase has a spicy, refined character, and Saaz and American ancestry.

EKG, as it is often called, is used in all types of English ales. It has a pleasant, mild spicy, floral, earthy, rounded aroma and a spicy flavor.

Used in bitter, extra special bitter, English pale ale and porter. Norther Brewer has a fine, fragrant aroma. One of the original hybrid hops, but it is becoming rarer as it is replaced by modern varieties. Called Hallertauer NB in Germany, where it is al ...

A dwarf hop with fine English Golding character.

Closely represents other types of English Goldings. First grown before 1889.

Different names for the same hop. Used mainly in pilsner. Refined, spicy aroma, similar to Saaz, from which it is bred.

Similar to Aquila and Cluster.