Hop
Progress
An English aroma hop bred as a Fuggle replacement, softer and slightly sweeter.
Aroma and flavour
Descriptors are impressions rather than analytical results. BeerHQ rates this characterisation as commonly reported.
Belongs to
Analysis
| Alpha acid | 5–8% |
|---|---|
| Purpose | aroma |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Released | 1951 |
| Storage stability | moderate |
How it is used
- Late boil. Added in the last few minutes, retaining more aromatic oils while adding modest bitterness.
- Dry hop. Added after the boil, during or after fermentation. Contributes aroma and flavour with essentially no isomerised bitterness.
If you like Progress
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.
East Kent Goldings 5–7% alpha
Shares earth and wood, floral, herbal with Progress; 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.
Willamette 4–6% alpha
Shares earth and wood, floral, herbal with Progress; 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.
Fuggle 4–6% alpha · editorial
The variety it was bred to replace.
Not the same: brings grass that Progress does not; lacks the floral of Progress.
Smells alike, but the alpha acid differs enough that a like-for-like swap would change the bitterness.
Whitbread Golding Variety 5–8% alpha
Shares earth and wood, floral with Progress; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings stone fruit that Progress does not; lacks the herbal of Progress.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
Challenger 7–9% alpha
Shares earth and wood, floral, herbal with Progress; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings noble spice that Progress does not.
Smells alike, but the alpha acid differs enough that a like-for-like swap would change the bitterness.
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.
- East Kent Goldings — Shares earth and wood, floral, herbal with Progress; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Whitbread Golding Variety — Shares earth and wood, floral with Progress; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Boadicea — Shares floral, herbal with Progress; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Sovereign — Shares floral, herbal with Progress; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.