Hop comparison

Fuggle vs Savinjski Golding

Fuggle is an aroma hop from United Kingdom; Savinjski Golding is an aroma hop from Slovenia. Alpha acids: 3.5–6% for Fuggle versus 2.8–6% for Savinjski Golding, a similar bittering potential. Total oil: 0.7–1.1 versus 0.4–1 mL/100 g. Shared aroma notes: floral, earthy, green tea. Fuggle adds minty, green herbaceous: aromatic plants, floral: jasmin; Savinjski Golding, light pear, lemon tea, plane tree. Sources list Fuggle as a substitute for Savinjski Golding. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.

	Fuggle	Savinjski Golding
Use	Aroma hop	Aroma hop
Origin	United Kingdom, France, USA, New Zealand	Slovenia, France
Year	1875	–
Breeder	Richard Fuggle	–
Alpha acids (% w/w)	3.5–6	2.8–6
Beta acids (% w/w)	2–3	2–3
Co-humulone (% of alpha)	27–33	25–33
Total oil (mL/100 g)	0.7–1.1	0.4–1
Myrcene (% of oil)	25–30	26–40.5
Humulene (% of oil)	30–36.5	28–35.5
Caryophyllene (% of oil)	9	9–12
Farnesene (% of oil)	5.5–7	4–7
Linalool (% of oil)	0.5–0.7	0.3–0.7
Aroma families	other fruit, floral, herbal, spicy, earthy and woody, resinous	citrus, tropical fruit, other fruit, floral, herbal, spicy, earthy and woody
Descriptors	minty, floral, earthy, green herbaceous: aromatic plants, green tea, floral: jasmin, geranium, lily	green tea, floral, light pear, lemon tea, plane tree, peppermint, ice tea, lemon grass
Sources	7	3

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