East Kent Goldings

All Hops

United Kingdom Both

lavenderhoneylemonthymeorangegrapefruitfloral

Alpha

4% 6.5%

6.1%

Beta

1.9% 3.5%

Cohum.

20% 32%

Oils

0.4 mL 1 mL

Description

East Kent Goldings is a bittering hop that is commonly used only to bitter the beer during brewing, and not for too much flavor and aromas. East Kent Golding hops have aroma descriptors that include smooth and delicate with floral, lavender, spice, honey, earth, lemon and thyme overtones.

Recipe Stats based on 12,688 recipes

Prevalence

8.5%

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

Bittering

0.4 g/L 1.5 g/L

1 g/L

Flavour

0.27 g/L 1.33 g/L

0.67 g/L

Aroma

0.31 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.69 g/L

Whirlpool

0.27 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.69 g/L

Dry Hop

0.32 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.6 g/L

Hop Addition Timing

Bittering (57 min) · 44% Flavour (21 min) · 21% Aroma (5 min) · 25% Whirlpool · 7% Dry Hop · 3%

% of total hop weight · avg boil time where applicable

Common Styles

55% Strong Bitter (775)
54% Best Bitter (342)
49% Ordinary Bitter (326)
42% British Brown Ale (250)
39% Dry Stout (377)
36% Irish Red Ale (771)
28% Sweet Stout (459)
28% Oatmeal Stout (460)
27% Robust Porter (314)
19% American Porter (296)
19% English IPA (300)
19% Imperial Stout (447)
16% American Stout (284)
15% Saison (544)
8% American Amber Ale (339)

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

Pairs Well With

20% Fuggles 2,485 recipes
7% Magnum (GR) 902 recipes
7% Challenger 839 recipes
6% Cascade 766 recipes
5% Willamette 639 recipes
5% Southern Brewer 624 recipes
4% Styrian Golding 461 recipes
3% Target 440 recipes
3% Northern Brewer (GR) 359 recipes
2% Chinook 289 recipes

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