Hop comparison
Cashmere vs Gemini
Cashmere and Gemini are both dual-purpose hops from USA. Alpha acids: 7.4–9.6% for Cashmere versus 6–10.5% for Gemini, a similar bittering potential. Total oil: 0.85–1.6 versus 1.12 mL/100 g. Shared aroma notes: strawberry. Cashmere adds lime, lemon, tropical fruit; Gemini, eucalyptus, rosemary, fruit cocktail. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.
| Cashmere | Gemini | |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Dual-purpose hop | Dual-purpose hop |
| Origin | USA | USA |
| Year | 2013 | – |
| Breeder | – | Great Lakes Hops (GLH) |
| Alpha acids (% w/w) | 7.4–9.6 | 6–10.5 |
| Beta acids (% w/w) | 3.8–5.8 | 3–4.5 |
| Co-humulone (% of alpha) | 22–25 | 32 |
| Total oil (mL/100 g) | 0.85–1.6 | 1.12 |
| Myrcene (% of oil) | 39–42 | 32.2 |
| Humulene (% of oil) | 26–29 | 11.9 |
| Caryophyllene (% of oil) | 12–13 | 4.5 |
| Farnesene (% of oil) | 0–1 | 0.6 |
| Linalool (% of oil) | 0.6–0.8 | 1.5 |
| Aroma families | citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit, berries and red fruit, other fruit, spicy | citrus, berries and red fruit, other fruit, floral, spicy |
| Descriptors | lime, lemon, tropical fruit, citrus, strawberry, melon, spicy, guava | strawberry, eucalyptus, rosemary, fruit cocktail, honey dew |
| Sources | 3 | 1 |
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