Fuggle
BarthHaas describes it as curry, celeriac, hay, tonka bean, green tea.
- Smells like
- Spice, Vegetal, Grassy, Vanilla, Tea
- Bitterness
- Gentle (3–6.5% alpha)
- In the glass
- 8 beers here
- Usually paired with
- Chinook, Most, Tettnanger
- Swap it for
- Sovereign · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
3–6.5% typical 4.6
3 sources, spread of 3.5%
- Hopsteiner3–6Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas3–6.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Indie Hops4–5US-grown Fuggle.
Beta acid
2–4% typical 2.7
3 sources, spread of 2%
- Hopsteiner2–3Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas2–4Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Indie Hops2–3US-grown Fuggle.
Cohumulone
27–33% of alpha typical 29.5
2 sources, and they disagree, spread of 6% of alpha
- Hopsteiner30–33Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- Indie Hops27–27US-grown Fuggle.
Total oil
0.5–1.4 mL/100g typical 0.9
3 sources, spread of 0.9 mL/100g
- Hopsteiner0.7–1.2Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas0.7–1.4Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Indie Hops0.5–1US-grown Fuggle.
Alpha to beta runs about 1.7:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene43%
- Humulene38.7%
- Caryophyllene11.3%
- Farnesene7%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 79.9% of total oil in the source data.
Where it's grown
Not in the 2025 survey. Last reported in 2021.
Acres by year
| Year | Oregon |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 85 |
| 2016 | 141 |
| 2017 | 86 |
| 2018 | 59 |
| 2019 | 63 |
| 2020 | withheld |
| 2021 | withheld |
| 2022 | — |
| 2023 | — |
| 2024 | — |
| 2025 | — |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
Aroma
In the glass · 8 beers from 5 breweries
- Outside the Box IPA Cloudburst Brewing
- Extra Time Ex Novo Brewing
- Fuggle Around And Find Out Ex Novo Brewing
- Where the Mild Things Are Ex Novo Brewing
- Shift Change Fast Fashion
- Baby Reida Georgetown Brewing
- Banjoe Georgetown Brewing
- Bad Santa Pelican Brewing
Brewed alongside · in 5 beers that use Fuggle with other hops
Counted from the hop lists of every beer in What's in the can: what Pacific Northwest brewers actually put next to Fuggle.
What to swap it for
Scored on aroma overlap, oil composition and acid chemistry, then nudged up where a brewer has vouched for the swap by hand. An axis we haven't measured earns nothing, so a hop known only by its acid numbers caps out around 30 — the score is how much evidence there is for the swap, not just how close the numbers happen to be. Anything under 50 is a different beer, not a substitution.
Pedigree
Parentage unrecorded.
Notes on this record
purpose defaulted to dual, unconfirmed -- was not researched individually for this bulk scaffold pass. Correct before publishing.
For brewers and data folks: this hop as JSON · the source file · where America's hops grow