Hop comparison
Southern Cross vs Sticklebract
Southern Cross and Sticklebract are both dual-purpose hops from New Zealand. Alpha acids: 11–14% for Southern Cross versus 12.5–15% for Sticklebract, a similar bittering potential. Southern Cross adds tropical fruit and citrus, pronounced lemon and lime, pine. lot field aromas: sweet lemon; Sticklebract, pine, citrus, citrus and pine notes. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.
| Southern Cross | Sticklebract | |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Dual-purpose hop | Dual-purpose hop |
| Origin | New Zealand | New Zealand |
| Year | 1994 | 1970 |
| Breeder | Programa de mejora de lúpulo de HortResearch en Riwaka | – |
| Alpha acids (% w/w) | 11–14 | 12.5–15 |
| Beta acids (% w/w) | – | 6.8–8.3 |
| Co-humulone (% of alpha) | – | 38–43 |
| Total oil (mL/100 g) | – | 0.7–1.5 |
| Myrcene (% of oil) | – | 47.5–62 |
| Humulene (% of oil) | – | 7.5–13.5 |
| Caryophyllene (% of oil) | – | 3.5–5.5 |
| Farnesene (% of oil) | – | 4–7.5 |
| Aroma families | citrus, tropical fruit, spicy, resinous | citrus, berries and red fruit, resinous |
| Descriptors | tropical fruit and citrus, pronounced lemon and lime, pine. lot field aromas: sweet lemon, lime, light tropical, light cannabis, a dual purpose | pine, citrus, citrus and pine notes |
| Sources | 2 | 2 |
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