Hop comparison

Styrian Cardinal vs Zibi

Styrian Cardinal is an aroma hop from Slovenia; Zibi is a hop variety from Poland. Alpha acids: 10–15% for Styrian Cardinal versus 11.3% for Zibi, a similar bittering potential. Total oil: 3–4 versus 2.5 mL/100 g. Zibi has a clearly higher share of myrcene, the oil behind resinous, citrus and fruity notes. Styrian Cardinal adds fruity (pineapple, plums, banana; Zibi, mango, peach, mirabelle plum. Both stand out for plum notes, an uncommon descriptor in the catalogue.

	Styrian Cardinal	Zibi
Use	Aroma hop	Hop variety
Origin	Slovenia	Poland
Year	–	–
Breeder	Slovenian Institute of Hop Research and Brewing, Žalec	PolishHops
Alpha acids (% w/w)	10–15	11.3
Beta acids (% w/w)	3.2–4.6	5.3
Co-humulone (% of alpha)	31–37	–
Total oil (mL/100 g)	3–4	2.5
Myrcene (% of oil)	40–50	66
Humulene (% of oil)	15–22	11.5
Caryophyllene (% of oil)	8–11	4.2
Farnesene (% of oil)	5–7	0.5
Linalool (% of oil)	0.6–1	0.7
Aroma families	citrus, tropical fruit, stone fruit, berries and red fruit, other fruit, floral, herbal, spicy, sweet	tropical fruit, stone fruit
Descriptors	fruity (pineapple, plums, banana, caramel, black current, raspberry), citrus (orange, lime	mango, peach, mirabelle plum, tropical
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