What happens when you can’t find a specific hop? Well, simply replace that hard to find hop with one from this chart.
| Name | Substitute | Characteristics |
|---|---|---|
| Amarillo | Cascade, Centennial, Simcoe | Citrusy, flowery |
| Brewers Gold | Chinook, Galena, Nugget | Bittering hop with neutral aroma character |
| Cascade | Amarillo, Centennial | Pleasant, flowery, spicy, and citrusy. Can have a grapefruit flavor |
| Centennial | Cascade, Chinook, Columbus | Medium with floral and citrus tones |
| Challenger | Norhtern Brewer | Mild to moderate, quite spicy |
| Chinook | Columbus, Northern Brewer, Nugget | Mild to medium-heavy, spicy, piney, and grapefruity |
| Citra | Simcoe, Mosaic, Centennial, Cascade | |
| Cluster | Galena | Medium and quite spicy |
| Columbia | Fuggle | |
| Columbus | Chinook, Galena, Millennium, Nugget | Pleasant, with pungent aroma |
| Comet | Galena, Summit | |
| Crystal | Hallertau, Liberty, Mt. Hood | Mild and pleasant, spicy and flowery |
| East Kent Goldings | Golding, Progress | Mild, extremely pleasant, and gently hoppy |
| Ekuanot (formerly Equinox) | Citra, Galaxy | |
| El Dorado | Simcoe, Galena, Citra | |
| Falconer’s Flight | Citra, Simcoe, Amarillo, Summit, Cascade | |
| Fuggle | Willamette | Mild, pleasant, hoppy, and robust |
| Galaxy | Citra, Simcoe, Amarillo | |
| Galena | Brewers Gold, Columbus, Nugget | Medium but pleasant hoppiness, citrusy |
| Glacier | Fuggle, Willamette | |
| Golding | Fuggle, Willamette, East Kent Goldings | Gentle, fragrant, and pleasant |
| Hallertau | Liberty, Mt. Hood, Hallertau Mittelfruh, Magnum, Taurus, Tradition | Very mild, pleasant, and slightly flowery, some spicy |
| Hallertau Mittelfruh | Liberty, Tradition | Mild and pleasant |
| Liberty | Hallertau, Mt. Hood, Tradition | Mild and clean aroma, slightly spicy character |
| Magnum | Columbus, Horizon, Nugget | Known for bittering value and quality |
| Mosaic | Citra, Simcoe | |
| Mt. Hood | Hallertau Mittelfruh | Mild, pleasant, and clean, somewhat pungent and resiny |
| Northern Brewer | Chinook, Galena, Magnum | Medium-strong with some wild tones |
| Nugget | Columbus, Galena, Magnum | Quite heavy and herbal |
| Palisade | Willamette | |
| Saaz | Tettnang | Very mild with pleasant hoppy notes, earthy, spicy, and herbal |
| Simcoe | Magnum, Summit | A bittering and aromatic hop |
| Summit | Columbus, Millennium, Simcoe, Amarillo, Cascade | |
| Talus | Sabro, Cluster, Palisade | |
| Taurus | Citra, Magnum, Tradition | |
| Tettnang | Fuggle, Saaz | Mild and pleasant, slightly spicy, herbal |
| Tradition | Liberty, Hallertau Mittelfruh | Very fine and similar to Hallertauer Mittelfruh |
| Willamette | Fuggle, Glacier, Tettnang | Mild and pleasant, slightly spicy, fruity, floral, a little earthy |