Hop comparison

Centennial vs Green Bullet

Centennial is a dual-purpose hop from USA; Green Bullet is a dual-purpose hop from New Zealand. Alpha acids: 9.5–11.5% for Centennial versus 13.7–15.2% for Green Bullet, so Green Bullet brings noticeably more bitterness per gram. Total oil: 1.5–2.3 versus 1.6 mL/100 g. Centennial adds floral, citrus fruit, lemon; Green Bullet, light tropical, white flowers, a dual purpose. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.

	Centennial	Green Bullet
Use	Dual-purpose hop	Dual-purpose hop
Origin	USA, Serbia	New Zealand
Year	1989	1972
Breeder	USDA Prosser, Washington	DSIR de Nueva Zelanda (hoy Plant & Food Research)
Alpha acids (% w/w)	9.5–11.5	13.7–15.2
Beta acids (% w/w)	3.5–4.5	6.4
Co-humulone (% of alpha)	29–30	–
Total oil (mL/100 g)	1.5–2.3	1.6
Myrcene (% of oil)	45–55	–
Humulene (% of oil)	10–18	–
Caryophyllene (% of oil)	5–8	–
Farnesene (% of oil)	0–1	–
Linalool (% of oil)	1–1.3	–
Aroma families	citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit, floral, herbal, earthy and woody, resinous, sweet	citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit, floral, herbal, spicy, resinous
Descriptors	floral, citrus fruit, lemon, resinous, vanilla, lemony pineapple, medium depth floral, resinous evergreen	light tropical, white flowers, a dual purpose
Sources	5	2

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