If you’re looking for a rough understanding of what hops go well with certain styles of beer this resource will help get you started.
Pairing hops with beer styles can be daunting for the beginner and there are indeed some styles of beer that require specific varieties of hops. That being said these are only suggestions. Never be afraid to experiment.
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| Beer Style | Hop Suggestions |
|---|---|
| Alt Munich Helles | Mount Hood |
| Altbier | Hersbrucker, Perle |
| Amber Ale | Calicross, California Cluster, Cluster, Eroica, First Gold, Fuggle, Mount Hood, Pride of Ringwood, Strisselspalt, Tettnanger, Vanguard, Willamette |
| American Ale | Chelan, Comet, Hallertau Blanc, Magnum, Zythos |
| American Amber Ale | Tettnanger |
| American Barley Wine | California Cluster, Cascade (US), Golding (US) |
| American Blonde Ale | Santiam |
| American Brown Ale | Viking |
| American India Pale Ale | Admiral, Delta, Magnum (US) |
| American Pale Ale | Amarillo, Aurora, Cascade (Argentina), Cascade (Australia), Cascade (NZ), Cascade (US), Cicero, Delta, Magnum (US), Nelson Sauvin, Pride of Ringwood |
| American Wheat | Amarillo, Mount Hood |
| Australian Lager | Pride of Ringwood |
| Barley Wine | Cascade (Argentina), Cascade (AUS), Cascade (NZ), Cascade (US), Chinook, Cluster, Golding (US), Satus |
| Bavarian Hefeweizen | Tettnanger |
| Belgian Ale | Ahil, Motueka, Bianca, East Kent Golding, Golding (US), Hersbrucker E, Strisselspalt, Triskel |
| Belgian Farmhouse Ale | Aquila |
| Belgian India Pale Ale | Admiral, Fuggle (US), Fuggle, Magnum |
| Belgian Pale Ale | Strisselspalt |
| Belgian Saison | Aramis |
| Belgian Strong Ale | Perle, Perle (US) |
| Bitter | Admiral, Amarillo, Apolon, Banner, Bramling, Brewer’s Gold, Calicross, Crystal, Eroica, Fuggle, Golding (US), Marynka, Mathon, Phoenix, Target, Tettnanger, Tettnanger (US) |
| Blonde Ale | Magnum, Northdown, Strisselspalter, Tettnanger (US), Ultra |
| Bock | Hersbrucker E, Liberty, Mount Hood, Strisselspalter |
| Bright Ale | Magnum |
| Brown Ale | Fuggle (US), Fuggle H, Mount Hood, Target, Willamette |
| California Blonde Ale | Tettnanger |
| Canadian Porter | Canadian Redvine |
| Cask Ale | Calicross, Fuggle |
| Celtic Ale | First Gold |
| Chicken Ale | We’re not really sure. Got a suggestion? Post it. |
| Chocolate Stout | Crystal |
| Christmas Ale | Calicross, East Kent Golding, Fuggle, Fuggle (UK) |
| Cream Ale | California Cluster, Cluster, Tettnanger, Vanguard |
| Dark Ale | Magnum |
| Dark Amber Ale | First Gold |
| Doppelbock | Bullion, Bullion 10A, Mount Hood |
| Double India Pale Ale | Simcoe |
| Dunkel | Hersbrucker, Hersbrucker G |
| English Ale | B Saaz (Motueka), Blisk, Buket, Bobek, Calicross, Celeia, Fuggle, Motueka, Phoenix |
| English Barley Wine (Original/Authentic Barley Wine) | Northdown, Target, East Kent Golding, Fuggle |
| English Bitter | First Gold |
| English Dark Ale | East Kent Golding |
| English Light Ale | East Kent Golding |
| English Pale Ale | British Columbia Golding, California Cluster, Cluster, Fuggle (US), Fuggle H, Pilgrim |
| European Ale | B Saaz (Motueka) |
| Experimental Beers | Apollo |
| Extra Special Bitter | Blisk, Buket, Bobek, Calicross, Canterbury Golding, Centennial, Fuggle, Fuggle (US), Fuggle H, Glacier, Mathon, Northern Brewer (GR), Phoenix, Sticklebract, Styrian Golding |
| Extra Special English Ale | East Kent Golding |
| French Porter | Canadian Redvine |
| Fruit Lambic | Pride of Ringwood |
| German Ale | Hallertauer Northern Brewer, Herkules, Spalter |
| German Lager | Hallertauer Northern Brewer |
| German Pilsner | BOR, Hallertauer Mittelfrüh |
| Golden Ale | Bramling, Bramling Cross, Calicross, Crystal, Fuggle, Fuggle (UK), Herald, Hersbrucker G, Mount Hood, Palisade, Phoenix, Polish Lublin, Pride of Ringwood, Strisselspalter |
| Harvest Ale | Ultra |
| Hefeweizen | Hersbrucker G, Hersbrucker Pure, Magnum, Mount Hood, Opal, Perle, Perle (US) |
| Helles | Opal, Orion, Perle (GR) |
| Holiday Ale | Bramling |
| Holiday Lager | Mount Hood |
| Honey Ale | California Cluster, Cluster |
| Imperial Brown | Columbus |
| Imperial India Pale Ale | Admiral, First Gold |
| Imperial Pale Ale | Admiral, Apollo, Bramling, Chinook, Hallertauer Magnum, Super Pride |
| Imperial Stout | Bramling, Galena |
| India Pale Ale | Ahtanum, Amarillo, Amos’ Early Bird, Apollo, Apolon, Blue Northern Brewer, Bravo, Cobb, Crystal, First Gold, Galena, Glacier, Marynka, Mosaic, Mount Hood, Northern Brewer (US), Nugget, Phoenix, Pilgrim, Pioneer, Satus, Southern Cross, Status, Sterling, Summit, Target, Victoria, Warrior, Brewer’s Gold (US) |
| India Pilsner | Hallertauer Magnum, Magnum |
| Kentish Bitter | Target |
| Kölsch | Hersbrucker E, Perle, Perle (GR), Perle (US), Spalter Select |
| Lager | AlphAroma, B Saaz, Backa, Bianca, Blato, Blisk, Buket, Bobek, Chinook, Czech Saaz, Czech Sladek, Hallertauer (NZ), Hersbrucker G, Hersbrucker E, Hersbrucker Pure, Hüller Bitterer, Legacy, Magnum (GR), Opal, Pacific Sunrise, Perle, Perle (GR), Perle (US), Polish Lublin, Pride of Ringwood, SmoothCone, Southern Cross, Southern Promise, Spalter, Strisselspalter, Super Alpha, Tettnanger, Tettnanger (US), Tettnanger (Swiss), Ultra, Vanguard, Wakatu |
| Lambic | Calicross, Fuggle |
| Light Ale | Hersbrucker G, Horizon |
| Light Lager | Crystal |
| Maibock | Strisselspalter |
| Maisbier | Perle (GR) |
| Märzen | Hersbrucker G |
| Mild Ale | Calicross, Fuggle |
| Munich Helles | Hersbrucker E |
| Nut Brown Ale | Calicross, Crystal, Fuggle, Fuggle (UK), Magnum |
| Oatmeal Stout | Calicross, Fuggle, Fuggle (UK) |
| Oktoberfest | Hallertauer Taurus, Ultra |
| Pale Ale | Admiral, AlphAroma, BOR, Bramling, Chinook, Crystal, East Kent Golding, Eroica, Golding (US), Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, Hallertauer (NZ), Herald, Hersbrucker G, Magnum, Marynka, Mathon, Mount Hood, Newport, Polaris, Pride of Ringwood, Satus, Southern Cross, Southern Promise, Target, Tettnanger, Ultra, Victoria |
| Pilsner | Aramis, B Saaz, Backa, Bianca, Blato, Blisk, Boadicea, Buket, Bobek, Crystal, Hallertauer (NZ), Hersbrucker, Hersbrucker G, Hersbrucker E, Hersbrucker Pure, Magnum, Magnum (GR), Marynka, Opal, Outeniqua, Perle, Perle (GR), Polish Lublin, Saaz, Spalter, Tettnanger, Tettnanger (US), Ultra |
| Porter | British Columbia Golding, Calicross, California Cluster, Canterbury Golding, Chinook, Cluster, First Gold, Fuggle, Pacific Hallertau, Vanguard, Victoria |
| Pumpkin Ale | Horizon |
| Red Ale | Amarillo, Canadian Redvine, Fuggle (US), Fuggle H, Horizon, Pioneer, Tettnanger, Tettnanger (US) |
| Russian Imperial Stout | Mount Hood |
| Rye Ale | Bramling, Vanguard |
| Saison | Strisselspalter |
| Schwarzbier | Hallertauer Taurus, Hüller Bitterer |
| Specialty Ale | Hersbrucker G, Pioneer |
| Steam Beer | Hallertauer Northern Brewer |
| Stout | Bramling, British Columbia Golding, Calicross, Canterbury Golding, Chinook, Crystal, Fuggle, Fuggle (UK), Fuggle H, Legacy, Magnum (GR), Millennium, Phoenix, Pilgrim, Satus, Victoria |
| Strong Ale | Calicross, Fuggle, Fuggle (UK), Galena, Hersbrucker, Hersbrucker G, Magnum (US), Pacific Gem, Polish Lublin, Pride of Ringwood |
| Strong Bitter | Pioneer |
| Summer Ale | First Gold |
| Triple India Pale Ale | Phoenix |
| Weizenbock | Hersbrucker G, Hersbrucker E, Mount Hood |
| Wheat Beer | Amarillo, First Gold, Glacier, Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, Hersbrucker G, Hersbrucker E, Pilgrim, Tettnanger, Tettnanger (Swiss) |
| Winter Ale | Chinook, Tettnanger |
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