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.

Whitbread goldings variety Great Britain

Alpha ~6.4% · Oil ~1.0 ml/100g

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Bramling cross
97%

Shared aroma: Stone Fruit, Berry. Alpha 6.5% (vs. 6.3% for Whitbread goldings variety).

Challenger
96%

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

Helga
95%

Alpha 6.3% (vs. 6.3% for Whitbread goldings variety).

Huell classic
95%

Shared aroma: Floral, Stone Fruit, Grassy. Alpha 6.2% (vs. 6.3% for Whitbread goldings variety).

Progress
95%

Shared aroma: Grassy. Alpha 6.3% (vs. 6.3% for Whitbread goldings variety).

Motueka - machops
94%

Alpha 6.5% (vs. 6.3% for Whitbread goldings variety).

Sovereign
94%

Shared aroma: Floral, Stone Fruit. Alpha 5.5% (vs. 6.3% for Whitbread goldings variety).

Tradition
94%

Alpha 6.0% (vs. 6.3% for Whitbread goldings variety).

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).