Brewer's Gold

All Hops

United Kingdom Bittering

black_currantspicy

Alpha

4.5% 7.8%

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

Prevalence

0.4%

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

Bittering

0.23 g/L 1.36 g/L

0.44 g/L

Flavour

0.21 g/L 1.07 g/L

0.4 g/L

Aroma

0.25 g/L 1.36 g/L

0.35 g/L

Whirlpool

0.53 g/L 1.75 g/L

0.95 g/L

Dry Hop

0.38 g/L 1.36 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

6% Belgian Dark Strong Ale
1% Belgian Dubbel
1% British Brown Ale
1% Belgian Pale Ale
1% American Brown Ale
1% Ordinary Bitter
1% American Porter
1% Sweet Stout
1% Imperial Stout
0% American Stout
0% Blonde Ale
0% Saison
0% American Amber Ale
0% American Pale Ale
0% American IPA

% of [style] recipes using this hop

Pairs Well With

11% Styrian Golding
10% East Kent Goldings
10% Cascade
9% Fuggle
8% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
6% Saaz
4% Willamette

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