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Hops Used In Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB) (BJCP 2008) Recipes

Name Recipes Avg. Usage Usage Range
East Kent Goldings 455 29% 3% - 100%
Fuggles 299 26% 3% - 100%
Challenger 196 29% 3% - 100%
Cascade 124 26% 5% - 87%
Willamette 117 27% 6% - 75%
Target 106 31% 9% - 78%
Northern Brewer 82 27% 6% - 80%
Goldings 61 24% 3% - 67%
Kent Goldings 57 33% 9% - 100%
Magnum 54 28% 2% - 100%
Styrian Goldings 44 28% 6% - 100%
Northdown 36 20% 3% - 100%
Chinook 35 23% 5% - 72%
Citra 34 24% 0% - 89%
Centennial 28 19% 3% - 50%
First Gold 25 26% 7% - 56%
Tettnanger 24 26% 10% - 50%
Bramling Cross 24 27% 7% - 50%
Amarillo 23 23% 4% - 75%
Columbus 22 26% 4% - 57%
Nugget 20 30% 9% - 100%
Simcoe 19 20% 2% - 50%
Perle 17 22% 4% - 60%
Galena 17 26% 5% - 50%
Mosaic 16 22% 9% - 50%
Saaz 15 31% 17% - 67%
Warrior 15 26% 2% - 50%
Nelson Sauvin 12 30% 6% - 75%
Progress 12 31% 8% - 67%
Admiral 11 19% 4% - 40%
Whitbread Golding 11 27% 9% - 45%
Hallertau Hersbrucker 10 22% 4% - 57%
Crystal 9 30% 14% - 45%
Yakima Valley Hops - Fuggle 8 22% 10% - 38%
Galaxy 8 21% 11% - 50%
Yakima Valley Hops - East Kent Golding 8 23% 6% - 56%
Summit 8 19% 7% - 45%
Horizon 6 29% 13% - 50%
El Dorado 6 26% 10% - 44%
B. C. Goldings 6 29% 14% - 67%
Pacific Gem 6 16% 7% - 30%
Cluster 5 42% 25% - 60%
Sorachi Ace 5 44% 17% - 78%
Pilgrim 5 20% 7% - 43%
Phoenix 5 34% 13% - 100%
Zeus 5 27% 3% - 58%
CTZ 4 16% 2% - 46%
Yakima Chief Hops - Fuggle UK 4 37% 15% - 50%
Domestic Hallertau 4 25% 14% - 38%
Mount Hood 4 46% 14% - 80%
Motueka 4 25% 12% - 32%
Wakatu 4 32% 19% - 57%
Hallertau Mittelfruh 4 43% 32% - 50%
Sterling 4 31% 17% - 47%
Northern Brewer - Williamette 3 29% 10% - 60%
Yakima Valley Hops - Willamette 3 20% 7% - 50%
Apollo 3 26% 9% - 67%
Azacca 3 22% 18% - 25%
Jarrylo 3 36% 24% - 50%
Hersbrucker 3 36% 28% - 50%
Bravo 3 17% 5% - 25%
Barth-Haas - Fuggles 2 11% 7% - 20%
Ahtanum 2 24% 9% - 36%
Yakima Chief Hops - US Golding 2 22% 12% - 41%
Yakima Chief Hops - UK Fuggle 2 16% 15% - 17%
Yakima Chief Hops - Nugget 2 22% 21% - 23%
Yakima Chief Hops - Centennial 2 19% 18% - 20%
Yakima Chief Hops - Cascade 2 35% 20% - 50%
Bullion 2 18% 6% - 29%
Palisade 2 27% 20% - 30%
Zythos 2 16% 15% - 17%
Ekuanot 2 49% 21% - 100%
Wye Target 2 19% 13% - 33%
Glacier 2 38% 25% - 75%
Huell Melon 2 21% 9% - 27%
Liberty 2 33% 25% - 50%
Newport 2 24% 6% - 33%
Super Styrians 2 24% 23% - 25%