Hop comparison
Chinook vs Southern Cross
Chinook is a dual-purpose hop from USA; Southern Cross is a dual-purpose hop from New Zealand. Alpha acids: 11.5–14% for Chinook versus 11–14% for Southern Cross, a similar bittering potential. Chinook adds spicy apricot, resinous, apricot; Southern Cross, tropical fruit and citrus, pronounced lemon and lime, pine. lot field aromas: sweet lemon. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.
| Chinook | Southern Cross | |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Dual-purpose hop | Dual-purpose hop |
| Origin | USA, New Zealand, Serbia, Poland | New Zealand |
| Year | 1985 | 1994 |
| Breeder | USDA Prosser, WA | Programa de mejora de lúpulo de HortResearch en Riwaka |
| Alpha acids (% w/w) | 11.5–14 | 11–14 |
| Beta acids (% w/w) | 3–4 | – |
| Co-humulone (% of alpha) | 29–34 | – |
| Total oil (mL/100 g) | 1.5–2.35 | – |
| Myrcene (% of oil) | 35–40 | – |
| Humulene (% of oil) | 18–22 | – |
| Caryophyllene (% of oil) | 9–10 | – |
| Farnesene (% of oil) | 0–1 | – |
| Linalool (% of oil) | 0.2–0.4 | – |
| Aroma families | citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit, berries and red fruit, floral, herbal, spicy, earthy and woody, resinous | citrus, tropical fruit, spicy, resinous |
| Descriptors | spicy apricot, resinous, apricot, grapefruit, pineapple, mixed herbs & flowers, juniper and gin berries, new zealand grown usa bittering cultivar | tropical fruit and citrus, pronounced lemon and lime, pine. lot field aromas: sweet lemon, lime, light tropical, light cannabis, a dual purpose |
| Sources | 7 | 2 |
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