Hop comparison
Southern Cross vs XJA2/436
Southern Cross is a dual-purpose hop from New Zealand; XJA2/436 is a hop variety from South Africa. Alpha acids: 11–14% for Southern Cross versus 11.5–15.4% for XJA2/436, a similar bittering potential. Southern Cross adds tropical fruit and citrus, pronounced lemon and lime, pine. lot field aromas: sweet lemon; XJA2/436, bergamot citrus, dried lemon zest, candied papaya. By aroma families, descriptors, use and alpha acids, they are among each other's closest profiles in the catalogue.
| Southern Cross | XJA2/436 | |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Dual-purpose hop | Hop variety |
| Origin | New Zealand | South Africa |
| Year | 1994 | – |
| Breeder | Programa de mejora de lúpulo de HortResearch en Riwaka | – |
| Alpha acids (% w/w) | 11–14 | 11.5–15.4 |
| Beta acids (% w/w) | – | 5–6 |
| Co-humulone (% of alpha) | – | 28–29 |
| Total oil (mL/100 g) | – | 1.1–1.7 |
| Myrcene (% of oil) | – | 19–34 |
| Humulene (% of oil) | – | 21–35 |
| Caryophyllene (% of oil) | – | 10–13 |
| Farnesene (% of oil) | – | 4–18 |
| Linalool (% of oil) | – | 0.4–1.3 |
| Aroma families | citrus, tropical fruit, spicy, resinous | citrus, tropical fruit, other 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 | bergamot citrus, dried lemon zest, candied papaya, ripe cantaloupe, gooseberries, resin |
| Sources | 2 | 1 |
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