East Kent Goldings

All Hops

United Kingdom Both

lavenderhoneylemonthymeorangegrapefruitfloral

Alpha

4% 6.5%

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

Prevalence

8.5%

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

Bittering

0.46 g/L 1.6 g/L

1.2 g/L

Flavour

0.32 g/L 1.36 g/L

0.68 g/L

Aroma

0.34 g/L 1.36 g/L

0.68 g/L

Whirlpool

0.33 g/L 1.36 g/L

0.68 g/L

Dry Hop

0.34 g/L 1.36 g/L

0.68 g/L

Hop Addition Timing

Bittering (57 min) · 46% Flavour (22 min) · 20% Aroma (5 min) · 26% Whirlpool · 5% Dry Hop · 3%

% of total hop weight · avg boil time where applicable

Common Styles

55% Strong Bitter
52% Best Bitter
47% British Brown Ale
40% Irish Stout
39% Ordinary Bitter
36% Dark Mild
36% Irish Red Ale
29% English Porter
29% Sweet Stout
28% Oatmeal Stout
23% American Porter
19% English IPA
18% Imperial Stout
14% Saison
8% American Amber Ale

% of [style] recipes using this hop

Pairs Well With

20% Fuggle
7% Magnum
7% Challenger
6% Cascade
5% Willamette
5% Northern Brewer
4% Saaz
4% Styrian Golding
4% Target
2% Chinook

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