Meridian substitutes

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

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Direct substitutes

Centennial

PineCitrusFloralGrapefruit+1

Citra

CitrusGrapefruitPeachMelon+5

Glacier

PlumBlackberryWoodyCedar

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.

Meridian → Centennial

last-resort match

Use 0.63× the weight for the same bitterness

alpha acids 6% → 9.5% · 17% aroma match

Keeps: Citrus
Loses: Lemon, Berry, Tropical, Mint, Spearmint
Adds: Pine, Floral, Grapefruit, Tangerine

Meridian → Citra

last-resort match

Use 0.48× the weight for the same bitterness

alpha acids 6% → 12.5% · 17% aroma match

Keeps: Citrus
Loses: Lemon, Berry, Tropical, Mint, Spearmint
Adds: Grapefruit, Peach, Melon, Lime, Floral, Gooseberry, Passion fruit, Lychee