Hop comparison
Bramling Cross vs Keyworth Mid Season
Bramling Cross is an aroma hop from United Kingdom; Keyworth Mid Season is a hop variety from United Kingdom. Alpha acids: 6–8% for Bramling Cross versus 4.3–8.7% for Keyworth Mid Season, a similar bittering potential. Total oil: 0.7–1.2 versus 0.5–0.9 mL/100 g. Shared aroma notes: blackcurrant. Bramling Cross adds spicy, lemon, grapefruit; Keyworth Mid Season, citrus, fruity. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.
| Bramling Cross | Keyworth Mid Season | |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Aroma hop | Hop variety |
| Origin | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
| Year | 1951 | 1924 |
| Breeder | Wye College (Reino Unido) | Prof. Ernest Salmon en Wye College, Kent |
| Alpha acids (% w/w) | 6–8 | 4.3–8.7 |
| Beta acids (% w/w) | 2.3–3.5 | 2.4–3.1 |
| Co-humulone (% of alpha) | 34 | 42–48 |
| Total oil (mL/100 g) | 0.7–1.2 | 0.5–0.9 |
| Myrcene (% of oil) | 36 | 40 |
| Humulene (% of oil) | 25 | 20 |
| Farnesene (% of oil) | 0–1 | – |
| Aroma families | citrus, berries and red fruit, herbal, spicy, sweet | citrus, berries and red fruit, other fruit |
| Descriptors | spicy, blackcurrant, lemon, grapefruit, vanilla, gooseberry, loganberry, lemony citrus | blackcurrant, citrus, fruity |
| Sources | 3 | 2 |
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