Hop comparison

Bramling Cross vs Spalt Spalter

Bramling Cross is an aroma hop from United Kingdom; Spalt Spalter is an aroma hop from Germany. Alpha acids: 6–8% for Bramling Cross versus 2.5–5.5% for Spalt Spalter, so Bramling Cross brings noticeably more bitterness per gram. Total oil: 0.7–1.2 versus 0.5–0.95 mL/100 g. Shared aroma notes: spicy. Bramling Cross adds blackcurrant, lemon, grapefruit; Spalt Spalter, earthy, pine, tea. Both stand out for vanilla notes, an uncommon descriptor in the catalogue.

	Bramling Cross	Spalt Spalter
Use	Aroma hop	Aroma hop
Origin	United Kingdom	Germany
Year	1951	–
Breeder	Wye College (Reino Unido)	–
Alpha acids (% w/w)	6–8	2.5–5.5
Beta acids (% w/w)	2.3–3.5	3–5
Co-humulone (% of alpha)	34	22–29
Total oil (mL/100 g)	0.7–1.2	0.5–0.95
Myrcene (% of oil)	36	20–35
Humulene (% of oil)	25	–
Farnesene (% of oil)	0–1	12–18
Linalool (% of oil)	–	0.5–0.8
Aroma families	citrus, berries and red fruit, herbal, spicy, sweet	tropical fruit, herbal, spicy, earthy and woody, resinous, sweet
Descriptors	spicy, blackcurrant, lemon, grapefruit, vanilla, gooseberry, loganberry, lemony citrus	earthy, spicy, pine, vanilla, tea
Sources	3	2

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