Hop comparison
Fuggle vs Styrian Gold
Fuggle is an aroma hop from United Kingdom; Styrian Gold is an aroma hop from Slovenia. Alpha acids: 3.5–6% for Fuggle versus 3.5–6.5% for Styrian Gold, a similar bittering potential. Total oil: 0.7–1.1 versus 1.3–2.3 mL/100 g. Styrian Gold has a clearly higher share of myrcene, the oil behind resinous, citrus and fruity notes. Shared aroma notes: floral. Fuggle adds minty, earthy, green herbaceous: aromatic plants; Styrian Gold, herbal, fruity. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.
| Fuggle | Styrian Gold | |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Aroma hop | Aroma hop |
| Origin | United Kingdom, France, USA, New Zealand | Slovenia |
| Year | 1875 | – |
| Breeder | Richard Fuggle | – |
| Alpha acids (% w/w) | 3.5–6 | 3.5–6.5 |
| Beta acids (% w/w) | 2–3 | 3.5–5.9 |
| Co-humulone (% of alpha) | 27–33 | 28–35 |
| Total oil (mL/100 g) | 0.7–1.1 | 1.3–2.3 |
| Myrcene (% of oil) | 25–30 | 38–47 |
| Humulene (% of oil) | 30–36.5 | 19–22 |
| Caryophyllene (% of oil) | 9 | 5–10 |
| Farnesene (% of oil) | 5.5–7 | 6–10 |
| Linalool (% of oil) | 0.5–0.7 | 1.3–2.3 |
| Aroma families | other fruit, floral, herbal, spicy, earthy and woody, resinous | other fruit, floral, herbal |
| Descriptors | minty, floral, earthy, green herbaceous: aromatic plants, green tea, floral: jasmin, geranium, lily | herbal, fruity, floral |
| Sources | 7 | 2 |
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