Hop Substitute???

Hopfan · Jul 30, 2007

I have a chocolate stout recipe that I want to brew this week. It calls for Hallertauer hops. Don't have any and LHBS is also out. I do have Saaz, Cascade, Perle & Sorachi. I've not brewed this type of recipe before so not sure what to expect in a substitute. I'm assuming that Sorachi is out due to the heavy citrus tones. Thinking that Saaz or Perle would be fairly neutral substitutes. Any advice?

FlyingHorse · Jul 30, 2007

IMHO Hallertau's a weird hop for a chocolate stout, but the best sub in your list is Saaz, I think.

Beerrific · Jul 30, 2007

Are they for bittering? Most stouts don't have late hop additions, so I assume bittering. If so, it isn't a huge deal which but I would stat away from ones that have strong flavors like cascade.

the_bird · Jul 30, 2007

Is this just a bittering addition?

homebrewer_99 · Jul 30, 2007

Substitutes for Hallertau include: Crystal, Liberty Perle, Saaz, Tettnanger and Herbrucker Hallertau.

Schlenkerla · Jul 30, 2007

Use this website for hop substitutions:

http://***********/referenceguide/hops/hops2.html

Liberty would work well.

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Hopfan · Jul 30, 2007

Thanks for all the feedback. Yes, it is just for bittering, I have no late hops additions for this one. I was tinkering with theh idea of using Perle since it has a slight mint background to it, but I'll just go with Saaz for this go-round.

Foreigner · Jul 31, 2007

If just for bittering then just use anything you have. You wont have much flavour coming through anyway. Just match for IBUs and you should be fine.

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