Hop comparison
Brewers Gold vs Millennium
Brewers Gold is a bittering hop from France; Millennium is a bittering hop from USA. Alpha acids: 5–7.3% for Brewers Gold versus 15.8–18.5% for Millennium, so Millennium brings noticeably more bitterness per gram. Total oil: 1.2–2 versus 1.5–3 mL/100 g. Shared aroma notes: spicy. Brewers Gold adds currant, fruity; Millennium, chocolate, strawberry, toffee. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.
| Brewers Gold | Millennium | |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Bittering hop | Bittering hop |
| Origin | France, Germany, Serbia | USA |
| Year | 1934 | 2000 |
| Breeder | – | John I. Haas, Inc. |
| Alpha acids (% w/w) | 5–7.3 | 15.8–18.5 |
| Beta acids (% w/w) | 2.7–3.6 | 4.9–6.5 |
| Co-humulone (% of alpha) | 40–48 | 29–34 |
| Total oil (mL/100 g) | 1.2–2 | 1.5–3 |
| Myrcene (% of oil) | 40–50 | 35–52.5 |
| Humulene (% of oil) | 20–30 | 16.5–25.5 |
| Caryophyllene (% of oil) | – | 7.5–10.5 |
| Farnesene (% of oil) | 0–1 | 0.1–1 |
| Linalool (% of oil) | – | 0.3–0.6 |
| Aroma families | berries and red fruit, other fruit, herbal, spicy | citrus, berries and red fruit, other fruit, floral, herbal, spicy, earthy and woody, sweet |
| Descriptors | currant, spicy, fruity | chocolate, strawberry, toffee, pear, cedar, herbal, floral, citrus |
| Sources | 3 | 2 |
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