United StatesProven alternatives to El Dorado and hops with a similar aroma profile. Pick by availability, price or country of origin.
Citra
USADual purpose2008
Nelson Sauvin
New ZealandAroma2000
Rakau
New ZealandDual purpose2007Bitterness 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.
Use 1.2× the weight for the same bitterness
alpha acids 15% → 12.5% · 0% aroma match
Use 1.3× the weight for the same bitterness
alpha acids 15% → 11.5% · 17% aroma match
Use 1.43× the weight for the same bitterness
alpha acids 15% → 10.5% · 33% aroma match
Bitter Gold
USADual purposeParadigm
USAAromaCalypso
USADual purposeLook for similar alpha acid content (within 2%) and overlapping aroma notes. The more shared notes, the safer the swap.