Hop
Styrian Goldings
A Slovenian hop that is genetically a Fuggle despite the name — earthy and herbal with a distinct lemon lift.
Also known as Savinjski Golding, Styrian.
The name is a long-standing source of confusion: Styrian Goldings is not a Goldings. It is Fuggle, grown in the Slovenian Savinja valley, where the different growing conditions produce a noticeably brighter, more lemony expression than English-grown Fuggle.
Aroma and flavour
Descriptors are impressions rather than analytical results. BeerHQ rates this characterisation as well established.
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Analysis
| Alpha acid | 5–6% |
|---|---|
| Cohumulone | 25–30% |
| Purpose | aroma |
| Origin | Slovenia |
| 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.
- Bittering (early boil). Added at or near the start of the boil, where long exposure isomerises alpha acids into bitterness and drives off aroma.
If you like Styrian Goldings
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.
Bobek 3–7% alpha
Shares herbal, citrus with Styrian Goldings; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings floral that Styrian Goldings does not; lacks the earth and wood of Styrian Goldings.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
East Kent Goldings 5–7% alpha · editorial
A traditional English alternative despite the different genetics.
Not the same: brings floral that Styrian Goldings does not; lacks the citrus of Styrian Goldings.
Comparable alpha acid, but a different aroma — a bittering substitute rather than a character one.
Fuggle 4–6% alpha · editorial
Genetically the same variety, grown in England.
Not the same: brings grass that Styrian Goldings does not; lacks the citrus of Styrian Goldings.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
Celeia 3–6% alpha
Shares earth and wood, herbal with Styrian Goldings; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
Not the same: brings floral that Styrian Goldings does not; lacks the citrus of Styrian Goldings.
Close enough in both aroma and alpha acid to swap in a recipe.
Admiral 13–16% alpha
Shares earth and wood, herbal, citrus with Styrian Goldings; a bittering variety though it bitters harder.
Not the same: 10 points higher in alpha acid, so a like-for-like weight swap would change the bitterness.
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.
- Bobek — Shares herbal, citrus with Styrian Goldings; a dual-purpose variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Fuggle — Genetically the same variety, grown in England.
- Celeia — Shares earth and wood, herbal with Styrian Goldings; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.
- Willamette — Shares earth and wood, herbal with Styrian Goldings; an aroma variety at a comparable alpha acid.