Hop comparison
Challenger vs Progress
Challenger and Progress are both dual-purpose hops from United Kingdom. Alpha acids: 6.5–9% for Challenger versus 6–7.5% for Progress, a similar bittering potential. Total oil: 1–1.5 versus 0.8–1 mL/100 g. Shared aroma notes: spicy. Challenger adds cedar, green tea, sweet floral; Progress, sweet, floral, minty. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.
| Challenger | Progress | |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Dual-purpose hop | Dual-purpose hop |
| Origin | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
| Year | 1972 | 1964 |
| Breeder | Wye College (Reino Unido) | Wye College, Reino Unido |
| Alpha acids (% w/w) | 6.5–9 | 6–7.5 |
| Beta acids (% w/w) | 3.2–4.2 | 2–3.3 |
| Co-humulone (% of alpha) | 20–25 | 33 |
| Total oil (mL/100 g) | 1–1.5 | 0.8–1 |
| Myrcene (% of oil) | 30 | 29 |
| Humulene (% of oil) | 25 | 36–42 |
| Farnesene (% of oil) | 1 | 0–1 |
| Aroma families | floral, herbal, spicy | floral, herbal, spicy, earthy and woody |
| Descriptors | spicy, cedar, green tea, sweet floral | sweet, floral, minty, spicy, currant, cassis, sweet grass, mint |
| Sources | 3 | 3 |
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