Hop comparison

Bramling Cross vs Styrian Fox

Bramling Cross is an aroma hop from United Kingdom; Styrian Fox is an aroma hop from Slovenia. Alpha acids: 6–8% for Bramling Cross versus 6–12% for Styrian Fox, so Styrian Fox brings noticeably more bitterness per gram. Total oil: 0.7–1.2 versus 0.7–1.7 mL/100 g. Styrian Fox has a clearly higher share of myrcene, the oil behind resinous, citrus and fruity notes. Bramling Cross adds spicy, blackcurrant, lemon; Styrian Fox, fruity (black current, raspberry, strawberry. 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.

	Bramling Cross	Styrian Fox
Use	Aroma hop	Aroma hop
Origin	United Kingdom	Slovenia
Year	1951	–
Breeder	Wye College (Reino Unido)	Slovenian Institute of Hop Research and Brewing, Žalec
Alpha acids (% w/w)	6–8	6–12
Beta acids (% w/w)	2.3–3.5	2.7–3.7
Co-humulone (% of alpha)	34	26–30
Total oil (mL/100 g)	0.7–1.2	0.7–1.7
Myrcene (% of oil)	36	50–60
Humulene (% of oil)	25	12–14
Caryophyllene (% of oil)	–	4.3–5.7
Farnesene (% of oil)	0–1	0.3–0.8
Linalool (% of oil)	–	0.5–0.9
Aroma families	citrus, berries and red fruit, herbal, spicy, sweet	citrus, stone fruit, berries and red fruit, other fruit, floral, herbal, spicy
Descriptors	spicy, blackcurrant, lemon, grapefruit, vanilla, gooseberry, loganberry, lemony citrus	fruity (black current, raspberry, strawberry, peach), herbal (marjoram, black tea), spicy (chilli, pepper
Sources	3	1

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