Hop
Mount Hood
An American noble-type aroma hop, clean and mildly pungent with herbal notes.
Aroma and flavour
Descriptors are impressions rather than analytical results. BeerHQ rates this characterisation as well established.
Belongs to
Analysis
| Alpha acid | 4–8% |
|---|---|
| Purpose | aroma |
| Origin | United States |
| Released | 1989 |
| Ancestry | Hallertauer Mittelfrüh |
| Storage stability | moderate |
How it is used
- Late boil. Added in the last few minutes, retaining more aromatic oils while adding modest bitterness.
- Traditional late lager hopping. Continental practice of late kettle additions of noble varieties for a fine, spicy-floral character.
If you like Mount Hood
Hops with comparable character. Similarity and substitutability are different questions, so each entry says which it is: a hop can smell alike and still change the beer if its alpha acid is far off.
Liberty 3–6% alpha
Shares herbal, noble spice, floral with Mount Hood; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: nothing in the recorded profile separates the two, which means BeerHQ cannot tell you how they differ rather than that they are interchangeable.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
Hallertauer Mittelfrüh 3–6% alpha
Shares herbal, noble spice, floral with Mount Hood; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: nothing in the recorded profile separates the two, which means BeerHQ cannot tell you how they differ rather than that they are interchangeable.
Smells alike, but the alpha acid differs enough that a like-for-like swap would change the bitterness.
Tettnanger 4–6% alpha
Shares herbal, noble spice, floral with Mount Hood; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: nothing in the recorded profile separates the two, which means BeerHQ cannot tell you how they differ rather than that they are interchangeable.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
Hersbrucker 2–5% alpha
Shares herbal, noble spice, floral with Mount Hood; an aroma variety though it bitters more gently.
Not the same: nothing in the recorded profile separates the two, which means BeerHQ cannot tell you how they differ rather than that they are interchangeable.
Smells alike, but the alpha acid differs enough that a like-for-like swap would change the bitterness.
Harmonie 5–8% alpha
Shares herbal, noble spice, floral with Mount Hood; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: nothing in the recorded profile separates the two, which means BeerHQ cannot tell you how they differ rather than that they are interchangeable.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
Straight substitutes
Close enough in both character and alpha acid to swap at a similar weight. Substitution is directional and imperfect — these are the nearest available options, not equivalents.
- Liberty — Shares herbal, noble spice, floral with Mount Hood; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Tettnanger — Shares herbal, noble spice, floral with Mount Hood; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Harmonie — Shares herbal, noble spice, floral with Mount Hood; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Hallertauer Tradition — Shares herbal, noble spice, floral with Mount Hood; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.