United StatesProven alternatives to Pekko and hops with a similar aroma profile. Pick by availability, price or country of origin.
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.
Use 0.97× the weight for the same bitterness
alpha acids 14.5% → 15% · 27% aroma match
Use 4.14× the weight for the same bitterness
alpha acids 14.5% → 3.5% · 18% aroma match
Sasquatch
CanadaDual purposeEkuanot
USAAromaIdaho Gem
USADual purposeLemondrop
USAAromaLiberty
USABitteringLook for similar alpha acid content (within 2%) and overlapping aroma notes. The more shared notes, the safer the swap.
Czech Republic