Bramling Cross
BarthHaas describes it as camomile blossom, grapefruit, gooseberry, caramel, vanilla.
- Smells like
- Floral, Grapefruit, Gooseberry, Caramel, Vanilla
- Bitterness
- Moderate (5–8% alpha)
- Swap it for
- Nugget · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
5–8% typical 6.5
2 sources, spread of 3%
- Hopsteiner5–7Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas6–8Range over the last 4 crop years.
Beta acid
2–3.5% typical 2.8
2 sources, spread of 1.5%
- Hopsteiner2–3.5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas2.2–3.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
Cohumulone
33–35% of alpha typical 34
1 source, spread of 2% of alpha
- Hopsteiner33–35Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
Total oil
0.7–1.7 mL/100g typical 1.0
2 sources, spread of 1 mL/100g
- Hopsteiner0.7–1Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas0.7–1.7Range over the last 4 crop years.
Alpha to beta runs about 2.3:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene52.2%
- Humulene29%
- Caryophyllene18.1%
- Farnesene0.7%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 69% of total oil in the source data.
Aroma
What to swap it for
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Nugget 62
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HBC 638 59
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Centennial 58
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Kazbek 58
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Belma 56
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 — 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.
For brewers and data folks: this hop as JSON · the source file