Brooks Groves

Aurora

BarthHaas describes it as apple blossom, dried fruits, lime, pepper, juniper.

Dual purpose
Origin Slovenia
Code SSA
Bred by Unrecorded
Two or more independent sources
Smells like
Floral, Stone fruit, Lime, Black pepper, Spice
Bitterness
High (5.6–14.5% alpha)
Swap it for
Peacharine Β· compare them β†’

Brewing values

range on filetypicalbreeder or labmerchant

Alpha acid

5.6–14.5% typical 9.1

2 sources, spread of 8.9%
  • Hopsteiner7.5–8.8Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
  • BarthHaas5.6–14.5Range over the last 4 crop years.

Beta acid

3.3–5% typical 4.2

1 source, spread of 1.7%
  • Hopsteiner3.3–5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.

Cohumulone

22–26% of alpha typical 24

1 source, spread of 4% of alpha
  • Hopsteiner22–26Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.

Total oil

0.8–1.4 mL/100g typical 1.1

1 source, spread of 0.6 mL/100g
  • Hopsteiner0.8–1.4Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.

Alpha to beta runs about 2.2:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.

Oil composition

Not enough of this hop's oil is accounted for to show a breakdown. The sources on file name components totalling 8.8% of total oil β€” most of the balance is myrcene, which the source for this record doesn't publish. Rather than scale what's here up to 100% and invent the rest, here is only what was actually measured:

  • Farnesene7.5%
  • Linalool1.3%

Aroma

  • Floral
  • Stone fruit
  • Lime
  • Black pepper
  • Spice

What to swap it for

  • aroma 68 Β· oils β€” Β· chemistry 83 partial data
  • Aramis 47
    aroma 48 Β· oils β€” Β· chemistry 91 Β· shifts dual to aroma partial data
  • Adeena 42
    aroma 48 Β· oils β€” Β· chemistry 78 Β· shifts dual to aroma partial data
  • aroma 48 Β· oils β€” Β· chemistry 77 Β· shifts dual to aroma partial data
  • aroma 43 Β· oils β€” Β· chemistry 81 Β· shifts dual to aroma partial data
  • Crystal 41
    aroma 48 Β· oils β€” Β· chemistry 75 partial data

Scored on aroma overlap, oil composition and acid chemistry, then nudged up where a brewer has vouched for the swap by hand. An axis we haven't measured earns nothing, so a hop known only by its acid numbers caps out around 30 β€” the score is how much evidence there is for the swap, not just how close the numbers happen to be. Anything under 50 is a different beer, not a substitution.

Pedigree

Parentage unrecorded.

Notes on this record

purpose defaulted to dual, unconfirmed -- was not researched individually for this bulk scaffold pass. Correct before publishing.

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