Hop comparison

Savinjski Golding vs Spalt Spalter

Savinjski Golding is an aroma hop from Slovenia; Spalt Spalter is an aroma hop from Germany. Alpha acids: 2.8–6% for Savinjski Golding versus 2.5–5.5% for Spalt Spalter, a similar bittering potential. Total oil: 0.4–1 versus 0.5–0.95 mL/100 g. Shared aroma notes: earthy. Savinjski Golding adds green tea, floral, light pear; Spalt Spalter, spicy, pine, vanilla. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.

	Savinjski Golding	Spalt Spalter
Use	Aroma hop	Aroma hop
Origin	Slovenia, France	Germany
Year	–	–
Breeder	–	–
Alpha acids (% w/w)	2.8–6	2.5–5.5
Beta acids (% w/w)	2–3	3–5
Co-humulone (% of alpha)	25–33	22–29
Total oil (mL/100 g)	0.4–1	0.5–0.95
Myrcene (% of oil)	26–40.5	20–35
Humulene (% of oil)	28–35.5	–
Caryophyllene (% of oil)	9–12	–
Farnesene (% of oil)	4–7	12–18
Linalool (% of oil)	0.3–0.7	0.5–0.8
Aroma families	citrus, tropical fruit, other fruit, floral, herbal, spicy, earthy and woody	tropical fruit, herbal, spicy, earthy and woody, resinous, sweet
Descriptors	green tea, floral, light pear, lemon tea, plane tree, peppermint, ice tea, lemon grass	earthy, spicy, pine, vanilla, tea
Sources	3	2

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