Hop comparison

Endeavour vs Styrian Cardinal

Endeavour is a dual-purpose hop from United Kingdom; Styrian Cardinal is an aroma hop from Slovenia. Alpha acids: 8–10.5% for Endeavour versus 10–15% for Styrian Cardinal, so Styrian Cardinal brings noticeably more bitterness per gram. Total oil: 1.1–1.7 versus 3–4 mL/100 g. Styrian Cardinal has a clearly higher share of myrcene, the oil behind resinous, citrus and fruity notes. Shared aroma notes: lime. Endeavour adds blackcurrant, spicy, citrus; Styrian Cardinal, fruity (pineapple, plums, banana. Both stand out for raspberry notes, an uncommon descriptor in the catalogue.

	Endeavour	Styrian Cardinal
Use	Dual-purpose hop	Aroma hop
Origin	United Kingdom	Slovenia
Year	–	–
Breeder	Wye Hops, Reino Unido	Slovenian Institute of Hop Research and Brewing, Žalec
Alpha acids (% w/w)	8–10.5	10–15
Beta acids (% w/w)	3.8–5.3	3.2–4.6
Co-humulone (% of alpha)	30–36	31–37
Total oil (mL/100 g)	1.1–1.7	3–4
Myrcene (% of oil)	27–37	40–50
Humulene (% of oil)	3–10	15–22
Caryophyllene (% of oil)	–	8–11
Farnesene (% of oil)	5–8	5–7
Linalool (% of oil)	–	0.6–1
Aroma families	citrus, berries and red fruit, spicy	citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit, berries and red fruit, other fruit, floral, herbal, spicy, sweet
Descriptors	blackcurrant, spicy, citrus, loganberry, spice, grapefruit, lime	fruity (pineapple, plums, banana, caramel, black current, raspberry), citrus (orange, lime
Sources	2	1

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