Hop comparison

Bramling Cross vs Hallertauer Huell Melon

Bramling Cross is an aroma hop from United Kingdom; Hallertauer Huell Melon is an aroma hop from Germany. Alpha acids: 6–8% for Bramling Cross versus 6.9–7.5% for Hallertauer Huell Melon, a similar bittering potential. Total oil: 0.7–1.2 versus 0.8–1.1 mL/100 g. Bramling Cross adds spicy, blackcurrant, lemon; Hallertauer Huell Melon, rockmelon, berry, melon. Both stand out for vanilla notes, an uncommon descriptor in the catalogue.

	Bramling Cross	Hallertauer Huell Melon
Use	Aroma hop	Aroma hop
Origin	United Kingdom	Germany
Year	1951	2012
Breeder	Wye College (Reino Unido)	–
Alpha acids (% w/w)	6–8	6.9–7.5
Beta acids (% w/w)	2.3–3.5	6–9
Co-humulone (% of alpha)	34	27–30
Total oil (mL/100 g)	0.7–1.2	0.8–1.1
Myrcene (% of oil)	36	26–42
Humulene (% of oil)	25	–
Farnesene (% of oil)	0–1	0–19.8
Linalool (% of oil)	–	0.3–0.5
Aroma families	citrus, berries and red fruit, herbal, spicy, sweet	citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit, berries and red fruit, other fruit, floral, herbal, spicy, sweet
Descriptors	spicy, blackcurrant, lemon, grapefruit, vanilla, gooseberry, loganberry, lemony citrus	rockmelon, berry, melon, tropical fruit, orange, vanilla
Sources	3	3

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