Bitter Gold substitutes

Proven alternatives to Bitter Gold and hops with a similar aroma profile. Pick by availability, price or country of origin.

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Direct substitutes

Galena

FruityPearPineappleBlack currant+5

Nugget

HerbalCitrusGingerPineapple+5

How to swap it in a recipe

Bitterness scales with alpha acid times weight, so for bittering additions rescale the weight by the alpha ratio — the multiplier for each substitute is given below. For late, whirlpool and dry-hop additions dose 1:1 by weight and go by aroma instead, because alpha acids do not drive those.

Bitter Gold → Galena

last-resort match

Use 1.12× the weight for the same bitterness

alpha acids 15.4% → 13.75% · 29% aroma match

Keeps: Pear, Grapefruit
Loses: Stone fruit, Tropical, Watermelon, Grassy, Floral
Adds: Fruity, Pineapple, Black currant, Lime, Gooseberry, Spicy, Woody

Bitter Gold → Nugget

last-resort match

Use 1.21× the weight for the same bitterness

alpha acids 15.4% → 12.75% · 0% aroma match

Loses: Stone fruit, Tropical, Pear, Watermelon, Grassy, Grapefruit, Floral
Adds: Herbal, Citrus, Ginger, Pineapple, Geranium, Lychee, Herbal, Earthy, Coconut