Hop Variety

  Type

  Alpha Acid

Beer Style

Hop Substitutions

Description

WGV (Whitbread Golding Variety) (U.K.)

Both

5% to 7%

Ale

U.K. Kent Golding, U.K. Progress

Quite pleasant and hoppy, moderately intense.

Willamette

Both

3.5% to 6%

Pale ale, ESB, bitter, English-style ale, porter, stout

U.S. Fuggle, U.S. Tettnanger, Styrian Golding

Mild and pleasant, slightly spicy, fruity, floral, a little earthy.

Yakima Cluster

Bittering

6% to 8.5%

-

-

Used as a kettle hop for bittering.

Zeus

Bittering

13% to 17%

-

Columbus

Aromatic and pleasant.