Brewer's Gold (GR)

All Hops

Germany Bittering

black_currantspicy

Alpha

4.5% 7.8%

9.1%

Beta

2.9% 3.7%

Cohum.

39% 48%

Oils

0.8 mL 2.2 mL

Description

Brewer's Gold (GR) is a bittering hop that is commonly used only to bitter the beer during brewing, and not for too much flavor and aromas. Brewer's Gold hops have aroma descriptors that include blackcurrant, fruity, and spicy.

Recipe Stats based on 576 recipes

Prevalence

0.4%

Usage by addition type (g/L · median with IQR range)

Bittering

0.24 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.45 g/L

Flavour

0.21 g/L 1.07 g/L

0.4 g/L

Aroma

0.26 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.36 g/L

Whirlpool

0.54 g/L 1.76 g/L

0.95 g/L

Dry Hop

0.39 g/L 1.37 g/L

1.35 g/L

Hop Addition Timing

Bittering (61 min) · 53% Flavour (24 min) · 18% Aroma (6 min) · 21% Whirlpool · 5% Dry Hop · 3%

% of total hop weight · avg boil time where applicable

Common Styles

% of [style] recipes using this hop · (recipe count in brackets)

Pairs Well With

11% Styrian Golding 66 recipes
10% East Kent Goldings 59 recipes
10% Cascade 58 recipes
8% Fuggles 48 recipes
8% Hallertau Mittelfrüh 45 recipes
6% Saaz (CZ) 37 recipes
4% Willamette 23 recipes

% of recipes using this hop that also use the paired hop