Hop comparison
Fuggle vs Mount Hood
Fuggle is an aroma hop from United Kingdom; Mount Hood is an aroma hop from USA. Alpha acids: 3.5–6% for Fuggle versus 4.5–8% for Mount Hood, a similar bittering potential. Total oil: 0.7–1.1 versus 1–1.5 mL/100 g. Mount Hood has a clearly higher share of myrcene, the oil behind resinous, citrus and fruity notes. Fuggle adds minty, floral, earthy; Mount Hood, terragon, honey, floral and herbal notes. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.
| Fuggle | Mount Hood | |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Aroma hop | Aroma hop |
| Origin | United Kingdom, France, USA, New Zealand | USA |
| Year | 1875 | – |
| Breeder | Richard Fuggle | USDA Corvallis |
| Alpha acids (% w/w) | 3.5–6 | 4.5–8 |
| Beta acids (% w/w) | 2–3 | 4.5–7.5 |
| Co-humulone (% of alpha) | 27–33 | 22–23 |
| Total oil (mL/100 g) | 0.7–1.1 | 1–1.5 |
| Myrcene (% of oil) | 25–30 | 48 |
| Humulene (% of oil) | 30–36.5 | 25.5 |
| Caryophyllene (% of oil) | 9 | 10.5 |
| Farnesene (% of oil) | 5.5–7 | 0.1–0.6 |
| Linalool (% of oil) | 0.5–0.7 | 0.5–0.7 |
| Aroma families | other fruit, floral, herbal, spicy, earthy and woody, resinous | floral, herbal, spicy, earthy and woody, sweet |
| Descriptors | minty, floral, earthy, green herbaceous: aromatic plants, green tea, floral: jasmin, geranium, lily | terragon, honey, floral and herbal notes, fresh cut cedar wood spice, wild rose, mint |
| Sources | 7 | 2 |
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