Hop comparison
Barbe Rouge vs Bramling Cross
Barbe Rouge is a dual-purpose hop from France; Bramling Cross is an aroma hop from United Kingdom. Alpha acids: 7.5–9.5% for Barbe Rouge versus 6–8% for Bramling Cross, a similar bittering potential. Total oil: 1.8–2.2 versus 0.7–1.2 mL/100 g. Shared aroma notes: grapefruit, blackcurrant. Barbe Rouge adds citrus fruit: kumquat, orange, lime; Bramling Cross, spicy, lemon, vanilla. Both stand out for raspberry notes, an uncommon descriptor in the catalogue. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.
| Barbe Rouge | Bramling Cross | |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Dual-purpose hop | Aroma hop |
| Origin | France | United Kingdom |
| Year | – | 1951 |
| Breeder | – | Wye College (Reino Unido) |
| Alpha acids (% w/w) | 7.5–9.5 | 6–8 |
| Beta acids (% w/w) | – | 2.3–3.5 |
| Co-humulone (% of alpha) | – | 34 |
| Total oil (mL/100 g) | 1.8–2.2 | 0.7–1.2 |
| Myrcene (% of oil) | 35–52 | 36 |
| Humulene (% of oil) | 15–25 | 25 |
| Farnesene (% of oil) | – | 0–1 |
| Aroma families | citrus, berries and red fruit, other fruit, herbal | citrus, berries and red fruit, herbal, spicy, sweet |
| Descriptors | citrus fruit: kumquat, orange, lime, grapefruit, green herbaceous: aromatic plants, green tea, red berries: redcurrant, blackcurrant | spicy, blackcurrant, lemon, grapefruit, vanilla, gooseberry, loganberry, lemony citrus |
| Sources | 1 | 3 |
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