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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.

Bitter gold USA

Alpha ~13.5% · Oil ~1.8 ml/100g

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Lotus
95%

Shared aroma: Stone Fruit, Citrus. Alpha 15.0% (vs. 13.5% for Bitter gold).

Calypso
90%

Shared aroma: Stone Fruit, Citrus. Alpha 13.0% (vs. 13.5% for Bitter gold).

Trident
90%

Shared aroma: Stone Fruit, Citrus. Alpha 12.5% (vs. 13.5% for Bitter gold).

Galena
88%

Shared aroma: Stone Fruit, Citrus. Alpha 12.5% (vs. 13.5% for Bitter gold).

Solero
88%

Shared aroma: Stone Fruit, Citrus. Alpha 9.5% (vs. 13.5% for Bitter gold).

Hallertauer merkur
87%

Shared aroma: Stone Fruit, Citrus. Alpha 12.0% (vs. 13.5% for Bitter gold).

Ariana
85%

Shared aroma: Stone Fruit, Citrus. Alpha 11.2% (vs. 13.5% for Bitter gold).

Hbc 1019 c.v.
82%

Shared aroma: Stone Fruit. Alpha 11.1% (vs. 13.5% for Bitter gold).

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).