Northwest Hops™ Variety and Selection Chart

Hop Varieties and Selection Chart.

A helpful guide to selecting hardy Northwest Hops™ for growing in your backyard.  Any questions can be sent to Jodie@NorthwestHops.com.

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
Chinook	All Climates	Good	Bittering Spicy, piney, distinctive grapefruit	12-14% w/w	Good 68%	1700 - 2100	Tolerant to infection with Prunus necrotic ring-spot virus, moderately resistant to downy mildew	Nugget, Columbus	Mid - Late	Pale Ales, IPA’s, Stouts, Porters, and in Lagers for bittering
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
Galena	All Climates	Very good, vigorous	Dual Purpose Citra aroma	12.0 - 14.0% w/w	Excellent 78-80%	2500 - 2800	Resistant to powdery mildew	Brewer's gold, Columbus, Nugget	Mid - Late	English and American style 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