Hop comparison

Centennial vs Northdown

Centennial is a dual-purpose hop from USA; Northdown is a dual-purpose hop from United Kingdom. Alpha acids: 9.5–11.5% for Centennial versus 7–10% for Northdown, so Centennial brings noticeably more bitterness per gram. Total oil: 1.5–2.3 versus 1.2–2.2 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; Northdown, spicy, pine, fresh. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.

	Centennial	Northdown
Use	Dual-purpose hop	Dual-purpose hop
Origin	USA, Serbia	United Kingdom
Year	1989	–
Breeder	USDA Prosser, Washington	Wye College
Alpha acids (% w/w)	9.5–11.5	7–10
Beta acids (% w/w)	3.5–4.5	4–5
Co-humulone (% of alpha)	29–30	31
Total oil (mL/100 g)	1.5–2.3	1.2–2.2
Myrcene (% of oil)	45–55	25
Humulene (% of oil)	10–18	37
Caryophyllene (% of oil)	5–8	–
Farnesene (% of oil)	0–1	1
Linalool (% of oil)	1–1.3	–
Aroma families	citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit, floral, herbal, earthy and woody, resinous, sweet	other fruit, floral, herbal, spicy, resinous
Descriptors	floral, citrus fruit, lemon, resinous, vanilla, lemony pineapple, medium depth floral, resinous evergreen	spicy, floral, pine, fresh, berry
Sources	5	3

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