Hop comparison

Centennial vs Chinook

Centennial and Chinook are both dual-purpose hops from USA. Alpha acids: 9.5–11.5% for Centennial versus 11.5–14% for Chinook, so Chinook brings noticeably more bitterness per gram. Total oil: 1.5–2.3 versus 1.5–2.35 mL/100 g. Centennial has a clearly higher share of myrcene, the oil behind resinous, citrus and fruity notes. Shared aroma notes: resinous. Centennial adds floral, citrus fruit, lemon; Chinook, spicy apricot, apricot, grapefruit. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.

	Centennial	Chinook
Use	Dual-purpose hop	Dual-purpose hop
Origin	USA, Serbia	USA, New Zealand, Serbia, Poland
Year	1989	1985
Breeder	USDA Prosser, Washington	USDA Prosser, WA
Alpha acids (% w/w)	9.5–11.5	11.5–14
Beta acids (% w/w)	3.5–4.5	3–4
Co-humulone (% of alpha)	29–30	29–34
Total oil (mL/100 g)	1.5–2.3	1.5–2.35
Myrcene (% of oil)	45–55	35–40
Humulene (% of oil)	10–18	18–22
Caryophyllene (% of oil)	5–8	9–10
Farnesene (% of oil)	0–1	0–1
Linalool (% of oil)	1–1.3	0.2–0.4
Aroma families	citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit, floral, herbal, earthy and woody, resinous, sweet	citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit, berries and red fruit, floral, herbal, spicy, earthy and woody, resinous
Descriptors	floral, citrus fruit, lemon, resinous, vanilla, lemony pineapple, medium depth floral, resinous evergreen	spicy apricot, resinous, apricot, grapefruit, pineapple, mixed herbs & flowers, juniper and gin berries, new zealand grown usa bittering cultivar
Sources	5	7

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