Centennial Hops Substitute

[Ciderhead]

Came across this the other day, anybody got any thoughts or have similar suggestions for this or other hops?

Please note that the Centennial crop produced an abnormally low yield this year all across the board. If you are in need of Centennial hops, we highly recommend creating a HOP BLEND as a substitution for your lack of Centennials. Here is what you need for your hop blend:

30% CHINOOK

70% COLUMBUS

When combined, these two varieties create an excellent substitution for Centennials.

[Padraic]

That's interesting alright, I've only used Centennial and Cascade.

I guess it'd depend on the beer you are brewing, for example an American Stout, Centennial would be my preference, but any of the other three c-hops should do the trick.

It would be a great addition to our knowledge base to have similar substitution percentages for all of the hops.

We could experiment with the below combo versus Centennial to see if it produces a similar flavour/aroma profile. I could add it to the list for Capital Brewers experimentation...

[Will_D]

Looking at my NHC Hop Chart that I did some time ago, there seems to be very little difference between
CHINOOK and COLUMBUS. Both are lower in Myrcine(Floral/Citrus) but higher in Caryophyllene(Herbal/European?)

[mr hoppy]

I thought Centennial was supposed to be more like Cascade (but more) than bigger, cattier American hops like Chinook or Columbus. At least I hope so, because I subbed it for Cascade in a Belgian blonde recently - so I'll soon find out.

[Ciderhead]

It had the nickname super cascade alright but not anywhere nearly as citrusy finishes quiet clean, I've only ever used as bittering but I gather you can get nice floral taste if it's used on aroma depending on boil time?
I'd be interested on your input if you used as Aroma hop, I saw it being suggested in Pliny  step child recipe clone with simcoe.


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[SlugTrap]

Centennial is pretty much high Myrcene and low everything else.

If you're looking for that in something with C-hop character but more citrus than pine (like Centennial), I'd use Amarillo.
Amarillo is more straight orange, where Centennial is quite grapefruity, but it's a better fit than Chinook, which has some Humulene wood/spice and even smoke.

Summit might work, too: some dank, and even onion according to some people, but lots of tangerine.