It is a sad fact of life that sometimes you cannot get your hands on the exact strain of hops that your special recipe demands. Luckily there are dozens of varieties, and many can be substituted for in a pinch. Here’s a few lists of suggestions from people we trust.
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Chicago Breweries
Finch’s Beer Company Half Acre Beer Haymarket Pub & Brewery Metropolitan Brewing New Chicago Brewing Company Revolution Brewing Spiteful Brewing Two Brothers Brewing Company Pipeworks Brewing Company 5 Rabbit Cerveceria
Hops Availability
Here’s a list of all the Hops we carry. (All are pellet hops.) Variety Alpha/Availability Ahtanum Unavailable Amarillo Unavailable Brewers Gold 9.3 Cascade 6.4 Centennial Unavailable Chinook 11.8 Citra Unavailable Cluster 7.6 Columbus 10.9 Crystal 2.8 Falconer’s Flight Unavailable Fuggle 4.2 Galaxy Out of Stock Galena 13.4 Glacier 5.6 Golding Hallertau 4.3 Herkules Out of [...]
Beer Bottle Math
How many bottles of beer does a 5 gallon batch make? How many growlers can I get out of 3 gallons? Here’s our handy little guide to making sure you’ve got enough glass: These are all about equal: 1 gallon 12 regular-sized beer bottles (12oz) 6 large beer bottles (22oz) 7 small Grolsch-style bottles (18oz) [...]
