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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.

Nelson sauvin New Zealand

Alpha ~11.3% · Oil ~1.2 ml/100g

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Nelson sauvin - machops
99%

Shared aroma: Tropical Fruit, Citrus, Resin/Pine. Alpha 11.0% (vs. 11.2% for Nelson sauvin).

Hallertau blanc
96%

Shared aroma: Tropical Fruit, Citrus, Resin/Pine. Alpha 10.4% (vs. 11.2% for Nelson sauvin).

Rakau
95%

Shared aroma: Tropical Fruit, Citrus. Alpha 11.5% (vs. 11.2% for Nelson sauvin).

Falconers flight
94%

Shared aroma: Tropical Fruit, Citrus, Resin/Pine. Alpha 10.5% (vs. 11.2% for Nelson sauvin).

Motueka
94%

Shared aroma: Tropical Fruit, Citrus, Stone Fruit. Alpha 7.5% (vs. 11.2% for Nelson sauvin).

Southern cross
94%

Shared aroma: Tropical Fruit, Citrus, Resin/Pine. Alpha 12.5% (vs. 11.2% for Nelson sauvin).

Zythos
94%

Shared aroma: Tropical Fruit, Citrus, Resin/Pine. Alpha 10.0% (vs. 11.2% for Nelson sauvin).

Wakatu
93%

Shared aroma: Tropical Fruit, Citrus, Resin/Pine. Alpha 6.8% (vs. 11.2% for Nelson sauvin).

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).