Hop comparison

Centennial vs Michigan Copper

Centennial and Michigan Copper are both dual-purpose hops from USA. Alpha acids: 9.5–11.5% for Centennial versus 8.8–10.5% for Michigan Copper, a similar bittering potential. Total oil: 1.5–2.3 versus 1.75 mL/100 g. Centennial has a clearly higher share of myrcene, the oil behind resinous, citrus and fruity notes. Shared aroma notes: floral. Centennial adds citrus fruit, lemon, resinous; Michigan Copper, fruit punch, tropical, pepper. Both stand out for cherry notes, an uncommon descriptor in the catalogue.

	Centennial	Michigan Copper
Use	Dual-purpose hop	Dual-purpose hop
Origin	USA, Serbia	USA
Year	1989	2014
Breeder	USDA Prosser, Washington	Great Lakes Hops (GLH)
Alpha acids (% w/w)	9.5–11.5	8.8–10.5
Beta acids (% w/w)	3.5–4.5	2.5–2.6
Co-humulone (% of alpha)	29–30	0–32
Total oil (mL/100 g)	1.5–2.3	1.75
Myrcene (% of oil)	45–55	18.4
Humulene (% of oil)	10–18	25.9
Caryophyllene (% of oil)	5–8	12.5
Farnesene (% of oil)	0–1	1.8
Linalool (% of oil)	1–1.3	0.5
Aroma families	citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit, floral, herbal, earthy and woody, resinous, sweet	citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit, floral, spicy
Descriptors	floral, citrus fruit, lemon, resinous, vanilla, lemony pineapple, medium depth floral, resinous evergreen	fruit punch, tropical, pepper, cherry, floral
Sources	5	1

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