Hops Alpha Acid Table

Alpha Acids from hops contribute to the bitterness in beer. During the boil alpha acids are isomerized and increase international bittering units (IBUs). .

Hops also contain beta acids, which contribute to aroma only. The more alpha acids the more bittering potential per ounce. For example, one ounce of Northern Brewer (8.5) is roughly equivalent of two ounces of Domestic Hallertau (3.9) in terms of bittering potential.

This chart is a general guideline only. The actual AA varies from year to year depending on the weather, harvest conditions, and storage. This chart is from 2009.

Hops	Average Alpha Acids
Admiral	14.5
Ahtanum	5.5
Amarillo®	8.6
Aquila	7
B. C. Goldings	5
Banner	10
Bramling Cross	6.5
Brewer’s Gold	9
Bullion	7.5
Cascade	7
Centennial	7.8
Challenger	8.5
Chinook	13
Citra	11
Cluster	6.5
Columbus	15
Comet	10
Crystal	4.3
Domesic Hallertau	3.9
East Kent Goldings	5
Eroica	12
First Gold	7.5
Fuggles	4.5
Galena	13
Glacier	5.5
Goldings	4.5
Hallertau Mittelfruh	3.75
Hallertau Hersbrucker	4
Herald	12
Hersbrucker	4
Horizon	12.5
Huller Bitterer	5.75
Kent Goldings	5
Liberty	4
Lublin	4.5
Magnum	15
Millenium	15.5
Mount Hood	4.8
Mount Rainier	6.2
Motueka	7.0
Nelson Sauvin	12.5
Newport	15.5
Northdown	8.6
Northern Brewer	7.8
Nugget	14
Olympic	12
Omega	10
Orion	7
Pacific Gem	15.4
Perle	8.2
Phoenix	10
Pioneer	9
Pride of Ringwood	10
Progress	6.25
Record	6.5
Saaz	3.5
Santiam	6.5
Satus	13
Simcoe	12.7
Sorachi Ace	11.1
Spalt	4.5
Sterling	8.7
Sticklebract	11.5
Strisselspalt	3.5
Styrian Goldings	5.5
Super Alpha	13
Super Styrians	9
Summit	18.5
Talisman	8
Target	11.5
Tettnanger	4.5
Tomahawk	15
Ultra	4.5
Vanguard	5
Warrior	16
Whitbread Golding	6
Willamette	4.5
Wye Target	10
Yamhill Goldings	4
Yakima Cluster	7
Yeoman	7.25
Zenith	9
Zeus	16