| Varieties |
Climate It Grows Best In
| Growth Habit
| Aroma |
Alpha Acids |
Storage |
Yield (lbs/acre) |
Disease |
Substitutions |
Maturity |
Beer Styles |
| Cascade |
All Climates
| Good to Excellent
|
Aroma
Delightful
spicy, flowery, citrus |
4.5 - 7.0% w/w |
48-52% |
1400-2000 |
Partially tolerant to verticillium wilt, good resistance to powdery mildew |
Centennial |
Mid-season |
Pale Ale, IPA, Porter, Barley wines |
| Centennial |
All Climates
| Good and Neat
|
Dual Purpose
Bittering Hop with some floral and citrus flavors |
9.5 - 11.5% w/w |
Good
60-65%
|
1500-1750 |
Some what resistant to powdery mildew and verticillium wilt |
Cascade |
Mid-season |
Ale, also used with wheat beer |
| Fuggle |
Great in damp climates, suffers a little in hot climates | Neat and Manageable
| Dual Purpose
Traditional mild flavor with some bitterness |
4.0 - 5.5% w/w |
Good
60-65% |
1000-1600 |
Vulnerable to powdery mildew, resistant to downy mildew |
Willamette |
Early |
English Style or American Ales |
| Golding |
Mild, moist climates, does ok in hot climates | Average |
Aroma
Delicate, gentle,
fragrant |
4.0-5.5% w/w |
Excellent
65-80% |
1350-1600 |
Vulnerable to powdery and downy mildew, sensitive to wilt |
Kent Golding |
Early - Late |
Kettle hopping, English Ales |
| Liberty | Mild climates, but can grow in hot climates. | Columnar and quite vigorous
| Aroma
Mild and pleasant, some spicy character
| 3.0-5.0% w/w
| Fair
35-55%
| 1000-1700
| Susceptibility Moderately resistant to downy mildew. | US or German Hallertau, German Tradition, Mt Hood | Early - Mid-season
| Lager, Pilsner, Bock, US Wheat, Kolsch |
Magnum
| Grows well in all climates
| Very Good, vigorous
| High Alpha
clean bittering hop with some spice and
citrus aroma
| 12 – 17% w/w
| Excellent
80% +
| 1340 – 1700
| Good resistance to wilt and downy mildew,
susceptible to powdery mildew
| German Magnum, Horizon, Northern Brewer, Galena, Nugget
| Mid-season - Late
| All Ales and Lagers
|
Mount Hood
| All Climates
| Fairly vigorous but manageable
| Aroma
Mild, pleasant and clean, a little pungent
| 5.0-8.0% w/w
| Good
50-60%
| 1520-1960
| Moderately resistant to downy mildew
| Crystal, French Strisselspalt, Hersbrucker
| Early - Mid-season
| Lager, Pilsner, Bock, US Wheat, Alt, Munich Helles |
Newport
| All Climates
| Good
| High Alpha
Mild, fairly pungent
| 13.5-17% w/w
| Good
60%
| 1990-2550
| Resistant to powdery and downy mildew
| Galena, Nugget, Fuggle, Magnum, Brewer's Gold
| Moderately Late
| Ales, Stout, Barley Wine
|
| Nugget |
All Climates
| Good | High Alpha
Heavy, high alpha acid hop |
12.0 - 14.0% w/w |
Excellent
70-80% |
1700-2200 |
Some what resistant to powdery mildew and downy mildew |
Columbus, Chinook |
Mid-season |
Any Ale or Stout |
Perle
| Does not like hot weather
| Good
| Dual Purpose
Pleasant and slightly spicy
| 7-9.5% w/w
| Excellent
80-85%
| 1160-1600
| Tolerant to prunus necrotic ring-spot virus infection. Fairly resistant to downy and powdery mildew.
| German Perle, German and US Northern Brewer
| Early
| Pale Ale, Porter, Stout, Lager, Weizen, Alt, Barley Wine, Kolsch
|
Santiam
| All Climates
| Very Good
| Aroma
Excellent herbal, noble hop notes
| 5.5-7% w/w
| Fair
40-50%
| 1425-1780
| Moderately resistant to downy mildew
| German Tattnang, German Spalt, German Spalter select
| Early to Mid-Season
| Lager, US Ales, Pilsner, Belgian-Styles, Kolsch, Bock
|
| Willamette |
All Climates
| Good, vigorous but manageable
| Aroma
Mild and pleasant with some spice |
4.5 - 7.0% w/w |
Good
60-65% |
1300-1700 |
Fair resistance to powdery and downy mildew but can be vulnerable to verticillium wilt |
Fuggle |
Early to Mid-season |
Pale Ale, ESB, Bitter, English style Ales, Porter, Stouts |
