Strisselspalt

FranceAroma

The Alsatian noble-type: delicate, floral and lightly citric, close to Hersbrucker. The traditional hop of French lager and biere de garde.

Alpha acid

3-5%

3% - 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

14 IBU

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

Origin

France

A traditional variety with no single release date

Where it belongs

Biere de Garde
German Pils
Saison

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

Hallertau Mittelfrueh

3-5.5% · Germany

Mount Hood

4-7% · 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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