Tettnanger
BarthHaas describes it as lily of the valley, bergamot, cognac, cucumber, marjoram.
- Smells like
- Floral, Citrus, Woody, Green, Herbal
- Bitterness
- Gentle (1.9–5.5% alpha)
- In the glass
- 94 beers here · 3 fresh hop
- Usually paired with
- Perle, Saaz, Hallertau Mittelfruh
- Swap it for
- Hallertau Tradition · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
1.9–5.5% typical 3.8
3 sources, spread of 3.6%
- Hopsteiner2.5–5.5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas1.9–5.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Crosby Hop Farm1.9–5.5
Beta acid
3–6.5% typical 4.6
3 sources, spread of 3.5%
- Hopsteiner3–5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas3.5–6.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Crosby Hop Farm3.5–6.5
Cohumulone
22–28% of alpha typical 25
1 source, spread of 6% of alpha
- Hopsteiner22–28Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
Total oil
0.4–0.9 mL/100g typical 0.7
1 source, spread of 0.5 mL/100g
- Hopsteiner0.4–0.9Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
Alpha to beta runs about 0.8:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
Not enough of this hop's oil is accounted for to show a breakdown. The sources on file name components totalling 19.7% of total oil — most of the balance is myrcene, which the source for this record doesn't publish. Rather than scale what's here up to 100% and invent the rest, here is only what was actually measured:
Where it's grown
Not in the 2025 survey. Last reported in 2020.
Acres by year
| Year | Washington | Oregon |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | withheld | 133 |
| 2016 | withheld | 122 |
| 2017 | 38 | 72 |
| 2018 | withheld | 72 |
| 2019 | withheld | withheld |
| 2020 | — | withheld |
| 2021 | — | — |
| 2022 | — | — |
| 2023 | — | — |
| 2024 | — | — |
| 2025 | — | — |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
Aroma
In the glass · 94 beers from 13 breweries
- Wet Hop Keller Pils Cloudburst Brewing · fresh hop
- Fresh Hop Pilsner pFriem Family Brewers · fresh hop
- Fresh Fest Reuben's Brews · fresh hop
- Euro Strong Lager Chuckanut Brewery
- Hoppy Lager Chuckanut Brewery
- Dorty Work Cloudburst Brewing
- Fresh Hop Happy Little Clouds Cloudburst Brewing
- Fresh Wet Pils Cloudburst Brewing
- Keller Whalez Cloudburst Brewing
- No Mistakes Cloudburst Brewing
- Outside the Box IPA Cloudburst Brewing
- Party Crashin’ Cloudburst Brewing
Brewed alongside · in 78 beers that use Tettnanger 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 Tettnanger.
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