Hop comparison

Centennial vs Southern Passion

Centennial is a dual-purpose hop from USA; Southern Passion is an aroma hop from South Africa. Alpha acids: 9.5–11.5% for Centennial versus 5–12% for Southern Passion, so Centennial brings noticeably more bitterness per gram. Total oil: 1.5–2.3 versus 0.6–1.3 mL/100 g. Centennial has a clearly higher share of myrcene, the oil behind resinous, citrus and fruity notes. Centennial adds floral, citrus fruit, lemon; Southern Passion, passion fruit, guava, red berries. Both stand out for calendula notes, an uncommon descriptor in the catalogue.

	Centennial	Southern Passion
Use	Dual-purpose hop	Aroma hop
Origin	USA, Serbia	South Africa
Year	1989	–
Breeder	USDA Prosser, Washington	–
Alpha acids (% w/w)	9.5–11.5	5–12
Beta acids (% w/w)	3.5–4.5	4–6
Co-humulone (% of alpha)	29–30	16–27
Total oil (mL/100 g)	1.5–2.3	0.6–1.3
Myrcene (% of oil)	45–55	12–35
Humulene (% of oil)	10–18	17–39
Caryophyllene (% of oil)	5–8	7–14
Farnesene (% of oil)	0–1	1–3
Linalool (% of oil)	1–1.3	0.5–0.7
Aroma families	citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit, floral, herbal, earthy and woody, resinous, sweet	citrus, tropical fruit, berries and red fruit, other fruit, floral, earthy and woody
Descriptors	floral, citrus fruit, lemon, resinous, vanilla, lemony pineapple, medium depth floral, resinous evergreen	passion fruit, guava, red berries, melon, black currant, coconut, tangerine, grapefruit
Sources	5	1

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