Hop comparison
Bergamot vs Southern Cross
Bergamot is a dual-purpose hop from USA; Southern Cross is a dual-purpose hop from New Zealand. Alpha acids: 8–10.6% for Bergamot versus 11–14% for Southern Cross, so Southern Cross brings noticeably more bitterness per gram. Bergamot adds orange, dank, cherry; Southern Cross, tropical fruit and citrus, pronounced lemon and lime, pine. lot field aromas: sweet lemon. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.
| Bergamot | Southern Cross | |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Dual-purpose hop | Dual-purpose hop |
| Origin | USA | New Zealand |
| Year | – | 1994 |
| Breeder | Great Lakes Hops (GLH): lúpulo selecto propio | Programa de mejora de lúpulo de HortResearch en Riwaka |
| Alpha acids (% w/w) | 8–10.6 | 11–14 |
| Beta acids (% w/w) | 7–9 | – |
| Co-humulone (% of alpha) | 41 | – |
| Total oil (mL/100 g) | 3.17 | – |
| Myrcene (% of oil) | 47.1 | – |
| Humulene (% of oil) | 15.9 | – |
| Caryophyllene (% of oil) | 10.5 | – |
| Farnesene (% of oil) | 0.4 | – |
| Linalool (% of oil) | 0.4 | – |
| Aroma families | citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit, spicy, resinous | citrus, tropical fruit, spicy, resinous |
| Descriptors | orange, dank, cherry, zest, lemongrass, lime aid, juniper, orange juice | tropical fruit and citrus, pronounced lemon and lime, pine. lot field aromas: sweet lemon, lime, light tropical, light cannabis, a dual purpose |
| Sources | 1 | 2 |
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