Missing an ingredient?
Hop, malt and yeast substitutes
Replace a hop, malt or yeast you can't find: the tool looks for the ingredients that share the most families with it (published substitute groups, aromas, use, type, style, attenuation) and whose values are closest. Free, no sign-up.
Substitutes, from closest to furthest
How substitutes are found
Each ingredient belongs to several families: substitute groups published by manufacturers and brewing software, a strain shared by several labs for a yeast, use and aromas of a hop, type and colour of a malt, styles, attenuation and flocculation of a yeast.
Two ingredients are closer the more families they share, and the more precise those families are: a group of four equivalent hops weighs far more than “citrus”, which gathers a hundred. Values count too: alpha acids of a hop, colour of a malt, attenuation and temperature of a yeast.
For a bittering hop, choose the bittering use: aroma hops are set aside and alpha acids become the main criterion. Add a style or aromas to steer the search, or search by style alone.
Examples
Frequently asked questions
Does a substitute give exactly the same beer?
No, a close one. Adjust the amount of a bittering hop to its alpha acids with the IBU calculator, and the amount of a malt to its colour.
How do I replace a bittering hop?
Choose the “bittering” use: only bittering and dual-purpose hops remain, ranked first by similar alpha acids. Then recalculate the amount to keep your IBU.
Where do the substitutes come from?
From published lists (Brewtarget, BrewDB, HopDatabase, David Taylor's “Yeast Master” chart), read again every month, and from the technical sheets of Krausi's catalogue. Our team corrects doubtful matches.
Can I search my own stock?
Yes, in the Krausi app: the tool flags the ingredients you already have, and Krausi tells you which to choose among those you list.
Ask Krausi
“I'm out of Citra, what can I use instead?” Krausi finds the substitute, checks your stock and adjusts the recipe with you.
Create my account Open the appSources: Brewtarget (GPL-3.0), BrewDB by Steven Boulema (CC BY-SA 4.0), HopDatabase (MIT, sheets from Yakima Chief, BarthHaas, Hopsteiner and Crosby), David Taylor's “Yeast Master” chart, Krausi's ingredient catalogue. Substitutes are indicative.