| Variety | Characteristics |
| Bramling | |
| Bullion | a pungent aromatic hop somewhat reminiscent
of blackcurrents. Used primarily as a bittering
hop. Recommended for English style ales. |
| Cascade | our most popular varietyfragrant and flowery. An excellent choice for both flavor and aroma |
| Centennial | a "supercharged" Cascaderelatively high alpha acid hop with a fine citrusy aroma. Recommended for bittering aleslagers and American Porters. |
| Challenger | |
| Chinook | aroma reminiscent of Cascadequite bitter. A good choice for porters and stouts |
| Cluster | the most popular bittering hop used in American breweriesminimal oilspoor flavor and aroma. Blends well with more aromatic varieties. Use in mild ales and lagers |
| Columbus | |
| Crystal | |
| East Kent Golding | a good all round hop with light flavor and wonderful aroma. A must for British ales and bitters |
| Fuggle | a spicymild aromatic hop. Usually used in British alesbrown beers and stouts. The main stock of the English crop |
| Hallertau | a mellow and spicy hop with a wonderful flavor and aroma. The traditional German aroma hop. Excellent for dry hopping |
| Hallertau Hersbruck | |
| Hallertau Mittelfruh | |
| Hersbrucker | low bitterness with a mildrefreshing aroma. A good choice for Oktoberfest and Maerzen style beers |
| Liberty | |
| Magnum | |
| Mt Hood | very aromatic. Character resembles Hallertau |
| Northdown | |
| Northern Brewer | a fullbitterfragrant hop. The traditional bittering hop for European Lagers. Used in Anchor Steam and Porter |
| Nugget | very bitter with a pungent aroma. Use in stouts and ales as a bittering agent |
| Perle | sweet and spicy. Bred to resemble Northern Brewer. Fits dark lagers like a glove. Good bittering and aroma for lagers |
| Progress | |
| Ringwood | |
| Saaz | the spicy aristocratic hop of the great Pilsners. Delicatedry flavor and pungentspicy aroma |
| Simcoe | |
| Spalt | |
| Styrian Golding | |
| Target | |
| Tettnang | an extraordinarily mild German flavorlow bitterness with a floral aroma. A good choice for lagers |
| US Golding | a good all round hop with light flavor and wonderful aroma. A must for British ales and bitters |
| Willamette | moderate bitterness with a spicynoble aroma. Great aroma hop for ales or lagers. |
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