FreshieFuggle
Earthy, woody English heritage hop.
What it tastes like
Fuggle is the workhorse of English brewing — earthy, woody, faintly minty. It's used in countless English ales, porters, and stouts where soft, restrained bittering is wanted. The American descendant Willamette is grown widely in Oregon.
Best in these styles
Beers showcasing Fuggle
Specific beer examples coming soon.
Substitutes & relatives
If you can't source Fuggle, these hops bring overlapping character.
Lineage & family
Fuggle is a landrace / founding variety — a root of the hop family tree. Trace where it leads in the Hop Lineage explorer →
All 49 descendants
Triumph · Denali · Loral · Azacca · Cashmere · Huell Melon · Hallertau Blanc · Mandarina Bavaria · Mosaic · Citra · Jarrylo · Bitter Gold · Endeavour · Bravo · Tahoma · Summit · Apollo · Glacier · Horizon · Sterling · Santiam · Lexus · Chelan · Crystal · Millennium · Calypso · Centennial · Zeus · Mt. Hood · Pacific Gem · Super Galena · Mt. Rainier · Newport · Nugget · Teamaker · Lemon Drop · Willamette · Columbia · Pacific Jade · Sticklebract · Cascade · Southern Cross · First Choice · Olympic · Vojvodina · Celeia · Fuggle 2-4 · Delta · Southern Brewer
One of the most influential hops in the family tree — #2 by number of descendants (143).
Pedigree data adapted from the Rohwer (2021) hop family tree (CC0 1.0). Compilation, analysis & visualisation © 2026 Veryation · Freshie™.
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Oil composition
History
Discovered by Richard Fuggle in 1875 in Kent, England. Was the dominant English hop until the 20th century.
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Flavor twins across Freshie
Drinks and foods across Freshie that share Fuggle’s flavor fingerprint — matched on shared flavor axes via the Freshie Taste Graph.