Northern Brewer (GR)
All HopsGermany Bittering
Alpha 11.7%
Beta
Cohum.
Oils
Description
Northern Brewer (GR) is a bittering hop that is commonly used only to bitter the beer during brewing, and not for too much flavor and aromas. German Northern Brewer hops have aroma descriptors that include mint, pine and grass. It displays pleasant pine and mint characteristics most in dual purpose brewing applications.
Recipe Stats based on 3,562 recipes
Prevalence
2.3%
Usage by addition type (g/L · median with IQR range)
Bittering 1.37 g/L
Flavour 1.03 g/L
Aroma 1.03 g/L
Whirlpool 1.37 g/L
Dry Hop 1.45 g/L
Hop Addition Timing
Bittering (57 min) · 40% Flavour (22 min) · 19% Aroma (5 min) · 21% Whirlpool · 7% Dry Hop · 13%
% of total hop weight · avg boil time where applicable
Common Styles
- 33% California Common
- 10% Russian Imperial Stout
- 7% American Porter
- 5% American Stout
- 5% Irish Red Ale
- 5% American Brown Ale
- 4% Oatmeal Stout
- 4% Strong Bitter
- 3% Imperial Stout
- 2% Weissbier
- 2% American Amber Ale
- 2% Blonde Ale
- 1% Specialty IPA: New England IPA
- 1% American Pale Ale
- 1% American IPA
% of [style] recipes using this hop · (recipe count in brackets)
Pairs Well With
- 61% Southern Brewer
- 12% Cascade
- 10% East Kent Goldings
- 6% Fuggles
- 6% Saaz (CZ)
- 6% Willamette
- 4% Magnum (GR)
- 4% Amarillo
- 4% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 3% Tettnanger
% of recipes using this hop that also use the paired hop