Brooks Groves

Pilgrim

BarthHaas describes it as thyme, lime, mint, pepper, marjoram.

Dual purpose
Origin United Kingdom
Code PGM
Bred by Unrecorded
Two or more independent sources
Smells like
Herbal, Lime, Mint, Black pepper
Bitterness
High (9–13% alpha)
Swap it for
Emperor Β· compare them β†’

Brewing values

range on filetypicalbreeder or labmerchant

Alpha acid

9–13% typical 11

2 sources, spread of 4%
  • Hopsteiner9–13Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
  • BarthHaas9–13Range over the last 4 crop years.

Beta acid

4–5.5% typical 4.8

2 sources, spread of 1.5%
  • Hopsteiner4.5–5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
  • BarthHaas4–5.5Range over the last 4 crop years.

Cohumulone

36–38% of alpha typical 37

1 source, spread of 2% of alpha
  • Hopsteiner36–38Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.

Total oil

1–2.4 mL/100g typical 1.6

2 sources, spread of 1.4 mL/100g
  • Hopsteiner1.2–1.8Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
  • BarthHaas1–2.4Range 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

Not enough of this hop's oil is accounted for to show a breakdown. The sources on file name components totalling 58.2% 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:

  • Myrcene32.5%
  • Humulene17.5%
  • Caryophyllene7.5%
  • Farnesene0.5%
  • Linalool0.1%

Aroma

  • Herbal
  • Lime
  • Mint
  • Black pepper

What to swap it for

  • Emperor 47
    aroma 62 Β· oils β€” Β· chemistry 74 partial data
  • aroma 73 Β· oils β€” Β· chemistry 56 partial data
  • Perle 44
    aroma 50 Β· oils β€” Β· chemistry 78 partial data
  • Magnat 43
    aroma 39 Β· oils β€” Β· chemistry 93 partial data
  • aroma 48 Β· oils β€” Β· chemistry 78 partial data
  • Pekko 41
    aroma 48 Β· oils β€” Β· chemistry 73 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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