Centennial
Cascade with the contrast turned up — sharper citrus, more lemon-pith bitterness, a floral top note. Bitters clean enough to carry a whole beer on its own.
- Smells like
- Citrus, Grapefruit, Lemon, Floral, Pine
- Bitterness
- High (7.8–11.5% alpha)
- In the glass
- 116 beers here · 13 fresh hop · Brooks has had 4
- Swap it for
- Cascade · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
7.8–11.5% typical 10.1
4 sources, spread of 3.7%
- Hopsteiner9.5–11.5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas7.8–11.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Indie Hops9.5–11.5
- Crosby Hop Farm7.8–11.5
Beta acid
3.3–4.5% typical 4.0
4 sources, spread of 1.2%
- Hopsteiner3.5–4.5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas3.3–4.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Indie Hops3.5–4.5
- Crosby Hop Farm3.3–4.5
Cohumulone
29–30% of alpha typical 29.5
2 sources, spread of 1% of alpha
- Hopsteiner29–30Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- Indie Hops29–30
Total oil
0.8–2.5 mL/100g typical 1.9
4 sources, spread of 1.7 mL/100g
- Hopsteiner0.8–2.3Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- BarthHaas1.6–2.5Range over the last 4 crop years.
- Indie Hops1.5–2.3
- Crosby Hop Farm1.6–2.5
Alpha to beta runs about 2.6:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene51.5%
- Other25.5%
- Humulene13.4%
- Caryophyllene6.9%
- Linalool1.2%
- Geraniol1%
- Farnesene0.5%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 94.2% of total oil in the source data.
Where it's grown
In 2025: 2,122 acres in Washington, 417 acres in Oregon. That's 2,539 acres. No. 5 by acreage in Washington; No. 5 by acreage in Oregon.
Acres by year
| Year | Washington | Oregon | Idaho |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,770 | 631 | withheld |
| 2016 | 4,359 | 723 | withheld |
| 2017 | 4,375 | 789 | 255 |
| 2018 | 3,875 | 698 | withheld |
| 2019 | 3,031 | 614 | withheld |
| 2020 | 2,444 | 489 | — |
| 2021 | 1,978 | 364 | — |
| 2022 | 2,044 | 380 | — |
| 2023 | 2,103 | 386 | — |
| 2024 | 2,026 | 422 | — |
| 2025 | 2,122 | 417 | — |
Acres harvested, from the USDA NASS National Hop Report. Where America's hops grow →
Aroma
How it gets used
Added at bittering, late boil, whirlpool, dry hop.
Concentrated lupulin formats: Cryo.
In the glass · 116 beers from 22 breweries
Brooks has had 4 of them · 3.75 average of 4
- Fresh Cut Fortside Brewing · fresh hop · 4
- Killer Green Double Mountain Brewery · fresh hop · 3.75
- Field to Ferment Fremont Brewing · fresh hop · 3.75
- Radiance Single Hill Brewing · fresh hop · 3.5
- Animal Cookies - Fresh Hop Block 15 Brewing · fresh hop
- Killer Red Double Mountain Brewery · fresh hop
- Fresh Hop Eliot Ex Novo Brewing · fresh hop
- Fresh Hop German Overalls Ex Novo Brewing · fresh hop
- Fresh Hop Light Through The Trees Ex Novo Brewing · fresh hop
- Fresh Hop Mass Ascension Ex Novo Brewing · fresh hop
- Fresh Hop Hazy IPA pFriem Family Brewers · fresh hop
- Centennial Fresh Hop Stoup Brewing · fresh hop
Brewed alongside · in 111 beers that use Centennial with other hops
Counted from the hop lists of every beer in What's in the can: what Pacific Northwest brewers actually put next to Centennial.
What to swap it for
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
Brewers Gold. Brewer's Gold crossed with a complex male line.
For brewers and data folks: this hop as JSON · the source file · where America's hops grow