| Brewers are lucky enough to get the choice of many | | | | chart that provides guidance for hop substitutions in |
| varieties of hops, and thankfully home brewers have | | | | your brewing process. The chart includes what styles |
| access to many of them. Some are harder to get in | | | | of beer the hop is usually used in, the alpha acid level, |
| various regions of the world depending on what is | | | | the national origin of the hop, and the likely |
| grown nearby. Here in the Pacific Northwest it's quite | | | | substitutes. |
| easy to get Cascade and Mt Hood hops, for | | | | So how do you use it? |
| example. Finding Polish Lubliner hops here, on the | | | | - If you're looking to brew something that requires |
| other hand, is particularly difficult. This means that | | | | Chinook hops, for example, you look down the left |
| sometimes it's not possible to get the exact hop you | | | | column for the variety. |
| want for a particular recipe, a fairly common dilemma | | | | - In the Substitute column you'll see a list of hop |
| when it comes to home brewing. Given the immense | | | | varieties that can be substituted for this variety. |
| array of hops out there it's just not possible for | | | | - In the Uses Column you will see how this hop is |
| suppliers to stock every kind. | | | | typically used. If you are using it for bitterness you |
| Hops are used for bittering, flavor, and aroma in | | | | can also cross reference the alpha acid % column |
| brewing, however, and generally these attributes can | | | | which tells you how bitter the hop is. In this case a |
| be separated from one another. That works to our | | | | Cascade hop is a good substitute in many cases. |
| advantage as brewers because it means we can | | | | Here's the full chart |
| substitute other varieties of hops in many cases | | | | Armed with this chart it becomes a simple matter of |
| without negatively impacting the final product. If you | | | | looking up the right information and your hop |
| used a particular hop for bittering, for example then it | | | | substitution dilemma is solved! But that's not all this is |
| likely doesn't matter as much what the precise aroma | | | | useful for. This chart can be quite helpful in |
| of that hop is. You simply need to substitute a hop | | | | formulating your own recipes as. You can use the |
| with a similar alpha acid level. | | | | style indicators to narrow your hop decisions down |
| Likewise, should you be using a hop for aroma, you | | | | to those most appropriate for the style. Then select |
| will want to find a hop with a similar aroma. So how | | | | for national origin or use depending on your desired |
| do you figure out what to substitute? This is where | | | | style of beer. |
| we come in. We have prepared a hop information | | | | Enjoy! |
