Hallertau Mittelfrueh

GermanyAromaNoble

Mild, floral and slightly spicy. The classic noble hop of Bavarian lager.

Alpha acid

3-5.5%

3% - 5.5%

Against every variety on this site

Typical use

Aroma

Used late, in the whirlpool or as a dry hop, where the oils survive.

At 60 minutes

15 IBU

For 30 g at the mid-range alpha in a 20 litre batch at 1.050, by Tinseth

Origin

Germany

A traditional variety with no single release date

Where it belongs

Munich Helles
Weissbier
Marzen

If you cannot get it

Ranked by how convincingly each one stands in. A substitution changes the beer; matching the alpha acid only matches the bitterness, not the aroma.

Hersbrucker

2-5% · Germany

Tettnanger

3.5-5.5% · Germany

Liberty

3-5% · USA

Buying it

Hops are perishable and alpha acid falls with warm storage. Buy vacuum-packed pellets, check the crop year and the alpha figure printed on the pack, and keep them in a freezer. A pack stored in a warm cupboard for a year can have lost a third of its bitterness, which is the usual reason a repeated recipe comes out tasting flat.

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Recipes on this site that use it

7.1% · 39 IBU

4.7% · 20 IBU

4.9% · 37 IBU

5.7% · 21 IBU