Hop comparison
Keyworth Early Season vs Motueka
Keyworth Early Season is a hop variety from United Kingdom; Motueka is an aroma hop from New Zealand. Alpha acids: 5.6–8.3% for Keyworth Early Season versus 6.5–8.5% for Motueka, a similar bittering potential. Total oil: 1–1.8 versus 1.4–1.9 mL/100 g. Shared aroma notes: lemon. Keyworth Early Season adds grapefruit; Motueka, complex character with distinct lemon, lime, white grapefruit. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.
| Keyworth Early Season | Motueka | |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Hop variety | Aroma hop |
| Origin | United Kingdom | New Zealand |
| Year | – | 1998 |
| Breeder | Prof. Ernest Salmon en Wye College, Kent | Plant & Food Research de Nueva Zelanda |
| Alpha acids (% w/w) | 5.6–8.3 | 6.5–8.5 |
| Beta acids (% w/w) | 3–3.5 | 5.3–6.1 |
| Co-humulone (% of alpha) | 32–38 | 27–30 |
| Total oil (mL/100 g) | 1–1.8 | 1.4–1.9 |
| Myrcene (% of oil) | 43 | – |
| Humulene (% of oil) | 23 | – |
| Farnesene (% of oil) | – | 12.5–13.2 |
| Linalool (% of oil) | – | 0.5–1 |
| Aroma families | citrus | citrus, tropical fruit, floral, resinous |
| Descriptors | grapefruit, lemon | complex character with distinct lemon, lime, lemon, white grapefruit, nectarine, light floral, light tropical, fresh lime |
| Sources | 2 | 4 |
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