Kazbek

CzechiaAromaReleased 2008

Saaz with a lemon and grapefruit twist, from a Czech breeding programme crossing wild Russian hops into the local stock.

Alpha acid

5-8%

5% - 8%

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

22 IBU

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

Origin

Czechia

Publicly released in 2008

Where it belongs

Czech Pale Lager
Saison
Witbier

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.

Saaz

2.5-4.5% · Czechia

Sterling

6-9% · USA

Lublin

3-5% · Poland

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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