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Hoptimaal offers a wide variety of beers both in-store and online. If you can place an order, we usually have the product in stock (though mistakes can happen, unfortunately). Products that are in stock will be shipped the same day if ordered before 3:00 PM.

If we make an error with stock levels, you will be notified within 24 hours. In that email, we will offer you an alternative product, the right to a full refund, and a new delivery time. It's up to you how you'd like us to resolve the issue.

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home €8.50		–€75
Belgium€8.95–€100
Germany€13.50–€100
Denmark€15.95–€150
Austria€15.95–€150
Bulgaria€47.50€25 from €150not available
Estonia€17.50–€150
Finlandpickup point €24.95
home €29.95		home: €10 from €200pickup point €200
home €250
France€16.95–€150
Greece€29.50€15 from €150not available
Hungary€21.95€10 from €150€200
Ireland€15.95–€150
Italy€16.95–€150
Croatia€47.50€25 from €150not available
Latvia€17.50–€150
Lithuania€21.95€10 from €150€200
Luxembourg€12.95–€150
Poland€15.95–€150
Portugal€19.95€10 from €150€200
Romania€27.50€10 from €150not available
Spain€18.75–€150
Czech Republic€15.95–€150
Swedenpickup point €24.95
home €29.95		home: €10 from €200pickup point €200
home €250
Norway*Coming soon
United Kingdom*Coming soon
Switzerland*Coming soon

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Please note: after the 14-day cooling-off period it is no longer possible to return your product.

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Tettnanger

Tettnanger is an old German aroma hop from the Tettnang region, close to Lake Constance. It is related to Saaz and gives beer a fine, spicy aroma, sometimes with something floral.

  • CountryGermany (Tettnang, near Lake Constance)
  • Breedernone (landrace)
  • Parentagelandrace; genetically closely related to Saaz and Spalter
  • Typearoma
  • Alpha acids2.5–5.5% (according to Hopsteiner; varies by harvest)

What is it?

Tettnanger is a landrace from the Tettnang region on Lake Constance, in southwest Germany. The Hopfenforschungszentrum Hüll counts it among the 'Saazer Formenkreis', the Saaz family. That is also correct genetically: in Czech DNA research, Saaz, Spalt and Tettnang could not be told apart with the markers used, because they descend from the same original genotype.

In Germany, the Tettnanger variety grows only in Tettnang: 620 hectares in 2025. Note the difference with 'Tettnanger Hopfen'. Since 2010 that has been a protected geographical indication for all aroma hops from the region, so also for Hallertauer Mittelfrüher, Perle and Hallertauer Tradition from Tettnang. According to brewing author John Palmer, Tettnanger is one of the four varieties that are mainly called 'noble hops', and only Tettnanger from Tettnang is truly 'noble'.

Aroma and flavour

Palmer calls the aroma fine and spicy. The USDA speaks of a European 'noble' aroma. The hop merchant Hopsteiner settles on pepper and black tea. In the European product dossier for Tettnanger Hopfen, hops from Tettnang are described as floral, citrusy, fruity, currant-like, sweet and spicy, with a mild but lingering aroma. According to the same dossier, 96% of the hops from Tettnang (the varieties Tettnanger and Hallertauer) fall into the trade category 'finest aroma'.

Chemically, Tettnanger resembles Saaz. Both have a lot of farnesene in their hop oil: according to Hopsteiner 14–24% in Tettnanger. Hallertauer Mittelfrüh has almost none. According to the Hopfenforschungszentrum Hüll, Tettnanger contains about 0.55 ml of hop oil per 100 grams of hops. Hopsteiner rates the influence of fruity thiols as low.

Use and similar hops

Tettnanger is an aroma hop with little alpha acid, usually around 2.5–5.5%. Palmer calls it a finishing hop for German beers: it goes into the kettle late, for the aroma. According to the product dossier, about 99% of Tettnanger hops go into beer, mainly as pellets and less as extract, because aroma can be lost during extraction.

  • Substitutes: Palmer mentions Saaz and Spalt. Hopsteiner mentions Spalter, Saazer, Lublin, Willamette, Hersbrucker Spät and Nobella.
  • Watch the name: 'Tettnanger Hopfen' on a package tells you where the hop comes from. Which variety it is, is a separate matter.
  • American 'Tettnanger': what was grown in the US as Tettnanger was largely Fuggle, according to the USDA. See the myth below.

Myth or fact?

Myth

‘American Tettnanger is the same hop as German Tettnanger.’

What was grown in the US as 'Tettnanger' was, according to the USDA, originally a mix with Fuggle and later largely Fuggle, an English variety with a different chemistry.

Myth

‘American Tettnanger is the same hop as German Tettnanger.’

In the US, 'Tettnanger' was grown on a large scale: according to the USDA about 2,800 acres in Idaho, Washington and Oregon in 1988. But according to the same USDA, that 'US Tettnanger' was originally a mix with Fuggle, and in later years largely Fuggle. Trade experts judged it to be Fuggle, and its quality characteristics also resembled Fuggle more than Tettnanger. Beer historian Martyn Cornell describes how, by mistake, a batch of Fuggle was distributed as 'Tettnanger' from an American hop farm, and how it was later designated Fuggle again.

That these are different hops shows in the figures. True Tettnanger belongs to the Saaz family and has an alpha/beta ratio around 1 and a lot of farnesene in the oil: 14–24% according to Hopsteiner. For US Tettnanger the USDA gives an alpha/beta ratio of about 2, 'very similar to Fuggle'. Fuggle itself has about 4% farnesene according to the USDA.

German Tettnanger grows in Germany only in the Tettnang region. So whether an American batch of 'Tettnanger' is true Tettnanger, you cannot tell from the name: ask which variety it is exactly.

Sources

Partly true

‘There are exactly four noble hops.’

There is a well-known list of four, but sources use no fixed definition. According to John Palmer, mainly Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, Tettnanger, Spalter and Saaz are called that; the BJCP uses 'noble' as another word for traditional German or Czech hops.

Partly true

‘There are exactly four noble hops.’

You often read it, for example in the American magazines Craft Beer & Brewing and Brew Your Own: there are four noble hops. That list really exists. According to brewing author John Palmer, 'noble hops' is a category of aroma hops whose aroma is regarded as the best, with 'mainly' four Central European varieties: Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, Tettnanger, Spalter and Saaz. Palmer adds that the growing location matters: according to him, only Tettnanger and Spalter from Tettnang and Spalt are truly noble. He also mentions 'noble-type' varieties, which were bred from noble hops and resemble them in aroma.

We did not find a fixed definition. The BJCP, which writes the style guidelines for beer judges, describes traditional German or Czech hops as 'also called noble or landrace hops': hops with an often subtle, slightly floral, spicy or herbal character. The BJCP does not name a fixed list of varieties. The variety descriptions of the American USDA use 'noble aroma' as a description of an aroma.

The term is not defined in law either. What is defined in law are names of origin. In the EU, among others Žatecký chmel (since 2007), Hopfen aus der Hallertau and Tettnanger Hopfen (both since 2010) are protected. Those names are about origin (for Žatecký chmel also about the variety), not about whether a hop is 'noble'.

Chemically, too, the four differ: Saaz and Tettnanger have a lot of farnesene in their hop oil, Hallertauer Mittelfrüh almost none.

Sources

A bit of history

According to the European product dossier, which refers among other things to a book from 1994, district physician Johann Nepomuk von Lentz and eight citizens introduced methodical hop growing in Tettnang in 1844, in an area where wine growing was less successful. The acreage grew from 91 hectares in 1864 to 630 hectares in 1914, and to 1,650 hectares in the 1990s.

According to the same dossier, there has been a single uniform Tettnanger Frühhopfen since 1973. In 2010 'Tettnanger Hopfen' was protected in the EU. In 2025 the region had 1,526 hectares of hops.

How to taste it

A good starting point is a German pilsner or a Munich helles. For both, the BJCP describes traditional German hops: floral, spicy or herbal. In a pilsner the hop is more prominent, in a helles the malt dominates. Smell for something fine and spicy, perhaps a little peppery. Then compare with a Czech pilsner, the classic style for Saaz, the closest relative of Tettnanger.

Where it takes centre stage

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Terms

Landrace
An old variety that does not come from a deliberate cross, but arose through centuries of selection of plants in a region; according to German hop growers, such hop varieties usually have little bittering compound and a good aroma. Examples are Saaz, Hallertauer Mittelfrüh and Tettnanger.
Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)
A European protection for a product name that is linked to a region, in which usually at least one step of the production takes place in that region; for beer it applies from 21 October 2026, among others, to 'Vlaams roodbruin bier / Flanders Red Ale'.
Noble hops
Name for a group of traditional Central European aroma hops. According to John Palmer, mainly four varieties are called that: Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, Tettnanger, Spalter and Saaz, and their aroma is regarded as the best. The BJCP uses 'noble' as another word for traditional German or Czech hops, which are often subtle, slightly floral, spicy or herbal. The sources give no single definition.
Farnesene
One of the heavier aroma compounds in hop oil. Saaz and Tettnanger have a lot of it (about 14–20% or more of the oil), Hallertauer Mittelfrüh and Goldings almost none; such differences in the oil help to tell hop varieties apart chemically.
Hop oil
The volatile, fragrant oil from hops (according to John Palmer 0.5–3% of dried hops; some modern varieties are higher, Galaxy according to HPA 2.6–3.3 ml per 100 grams), with compounds such as myrcene, linalool and geraniol; it largely evaporates during the boil, which is why brewers add aroma hops late or dry hop them.
Alpha acids
The main bitter compounds from hops (humulones); they dissolve poorly and are hardly bitter, but during the boil they turn into iso-alpha acids, which do taste bitter.
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