Pilgrim

An English dual-purpose hop — clean bitterness, hoppy aroma.

Origin

Kent

Country

United Kingdom

Released

2000

Alpha Acid

9–12%

What it tastes like

Pilgrim is an English dual-purpose hop offering traditional, refreshing English bitterness with a clean finish and a herbal, woody-spicy aroma. A versatile modern English variety, it works from the bittering charge to late additions.

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Best in these styles

bitter / ESBenglish alegolden ale

Tasting Tip

Pilgrim is a flexible English hop — solid bittering with a clean, hoppy aroma when used later in the boil.

Beers showcasing Pilgrim

Specific beer examples coming soon.

Substitutes & relatives

If you can't source Pilgrim, these hops bring overlapping character.

Lineage & family

How Pilgrim connects to the rest of the hop family — its parents, and the varieties it spawned. Trace the full pedigree in the Hop Lineage explorer →

Founding lineage

● 28/77/145 25% ● 2L118 20% ● 2L183 12% ● H.l. neomex. 11% ● BB1 11% ● other roots 21%

Blood relatives

Genetically closest in the pedigree (may taste different):

Pioneer

Herald

First Gold

marmalade · orange · floral

Admiral

orange · herbal · resin

For brewers — technical profile

Alpha Acid

9–12%

Beta Acid

4–5%

Total Oil

—

Oil composition

myrcene

30–35%

humulene

21–25%

farnesene

<1%

History

Pilgrim was developed at HRI Wye and released in 2000; not a dwarf, it shares a father with First Gold and Herald and is valued for clean English bitterness.

Sources

So you can see nothing here is made up — the published specifications on this page are traceable to grower / breeder data:

Freshness Note

Store cold and sealed to preserve its clean English character.

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