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
100%

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

Motueka
98%

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

Wakatu
98%

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

Hallertau blanc
97%

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

Wakatu - machops
96%

Shared aroma: Citrus, Resin/Pine. Alpha 6.5% (vs. 11.2% for Nelson sauvin).

Zythos
96%

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

Riwaka
95%

Shared aroma: Citrus, Resin/Pine, Stone Fruit. Alpha 5.5% (vs. 11.2% for Nelson sauvin).

Cashmere
94%

Shared aroma: Citrus, Stone Fruit. Alpha 8.5% (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).