Perle
A versatile German Hüll hop — clean, spicy, and floral.
What it tastes like
Perle is a German Hüll variety used as a clean, dependable bittering and flavour hop. Descended from Northern Brewer, it has a refined spicy, herbal and floral character with a touch of citrus, making it a flexible choice across lagers, ales and many classic German styles.
Best in these styles
Beers showcasing Perle
Specific beer examples coming soon.
Substitutes & relatives
If you can't source Perle, these hops bring overlapping character.
Lineage & family
How Perle connects to the rest of the hop family — its parents, and the varieties it spawned. Trace the full pedigree in the Hop Lineage explorer →
All 6 descendants
Vista · Triple Pearl · Perle4N · Galaxy? · Spalter Select · Orion
One of the most influential hops in the family tree — #22 by number of descendants (9).
Blood relatives
Genetically closest in the pedigree (may taste different):
Pedigree data adapted from the Rohwer (2021) hop family tree (CC0 1.0). Compilation, analysis & visualisation © 2026 Veryation · Freshie™.
For brewers — technical profile
Oil composition
History
Perle was bred at the Hop Research Institute in Hüll, Germany and released in 1978. A descendant of Northern Brewer, it was selected for good disease tolerance and a clean, versatile aroma, and became one of Germany's mainstay varieties.
Sources
So you can see nothing here is made up — the published specifications on this page are traceable to grower / breeder data: