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Hop substitution calculator

Find the hop varieties that most closely resemble your chosen hop, based on aroma profile, alpha acid, oil content and cohumulone — split by whether you use it for bittering, aroma or dry hopping.

Challenger Great Britain

Alpha ~7.0% · Oil ~1.0 ml/100g

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Perle
100%

Known classic substitute. Shared aroma: Stone Fruit, Herbal, Grassy. Alpha 7.0% (vs. 7.0% for Challenger).

Sovereign
96%

Shared aroma: Stone Fruit, Herbal, Floral. Alpha 5.5% (vs. 7.0% for Challenger).

Whitbread goldings variety
96%

Shared aroma: Stone Fruit, Floral, Grassy. Alpha 6.3% (vs. 7.0% for Challenger).

Admiral
95%

Known classic substitute. Shared aroma: Stone Fruit, Herbal, Grassy. Alpha 13.5% (vs. 7.0% for Challenger).

Glacier
92%

Shared aroma: Stone Fruit, Herbal, Floral. Alpha 6.5% (vs. 7.0% for Challenger).

Huell classic
92%

Shared aroma: Stone Fruit, Floral, Grassy. Alpha 6.2% (vs. 7.0% for Challenger).

Huell melon
92%

Shared aroma: Stone Fruit, Floral. Alpha 7.2% (vs. 7.0% for Challenger).

Styrian savinjski golding
91%

Shared aroma: Herbal, Floral, Grassy. Alpha 4.0% (vs. 7.0% for Challenger).

Data and concept are based on HopDatabase by Kasper Andreas Rømer Grøntved (MIT license). A selection of known substitute pairs is also imported from Wall-Brew-Co/common-beer-data (MIT license).