Hop comparison
Fuggle vs Progress
Fuggle is an aroma hop from United Kingdom; Progress is a dual-purpose hop from United Kingdom. Alpha acids: 3.5–6% for Fuggle versus 6–7.5% for Progress, so Progress brings noticeably more bitterness per gram. Total oil: 0.7–1.1 versus 0.8–1 mL/100 g. Shared aroma notes: minty, floral, earthy. Fuggle adds green herbaceous: aromatic plants, green tea, floral: jasmin; Progress, sweet, spicy, currant. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.
| Fuggle | Progress | |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Aroma hop | Dual-purpose hop |
| Origin | United Kingdom, France, USA, New Zealand | United Kingdom |
| Year | 1875 | 1964 |
| Breeder | Richard Fuggle | Wye College, Reino Unido |
| Alpha acids (% w/w) | 3.5–6 | 6–7.5 |
| Beta acids (% w/w) | 2–3 | 2–3.3 |
| Co-humulone (% of alpha) | 27–33 | 33 |
| Total oil (mL/100 g) | 0.7–1.1 | 0.8–1 |
| Myrcene (% of oil) | 25–30 | 29 |
| Humulene (% of oil) | 30–36.5 | 36–42 |
| Caryophyllene (% of oil) | 9 | – |
| Farnesene (% of oil) | 5.5–7 | 0–1 |
| Linalool (% of oil) | 0.5–0.7 | – |
| Aroma families | other fruit, floral, herbal, spicy, earthy and woody, resinous | floral, herbal, spicy, earthy and woody |
| Descriptors | minty, floral, earthy, green herbaceous: aromatic plants, green tea, floral: jasmin, geranium, lily | sweet, floral, minty, spicy, currant, cassis, sweet grass, mint |
| Sources | 7 | 3 |
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