Southern Cross
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- Bitterness
- High (11–14.5% alpha)
- Swap it for
- Rakau · compare them →
Brewing values
Alpha acid
11–14.5% typical 12.9
2 sources, spread of 3.5%
- Hopsteiner12–14.5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- New Zealand Hops Ltd11–14
Beta acid
5–6.5% typical 5.9
2 sources, and they disagree, spread of 1.5%
- Hopsteiner6–6.5Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- New Zealand Hops Ltd5–6
Cohumulone
23–25% of alpha typical 24
1 source, spread of 2% of alpha
- Hopsteiner23–25Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
Total oil
0.9–2.3 mL/100g typical 1.5
2 sources, and they disagree, spread of 1.4 mL/100g
- Hopsteiner0.9–1.4Data sheet last changed 2020-01-09.
- New Zealand Hops Ltd1.5–2.3
Alpha to beta runs about 2.2:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.
Oil composition
- Myrcene56.7%
- Humulene24.7%
- Farnesene8.3%
- Caryophyllene8%
- Linalool1.3%
- Geraniol1%
Normalised to 100% so this hop can be compared like for like. The published components sum to 75% of total oil in the source data.
What to swap it for
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Rakau 53
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Dr. Rudi 52
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Pacific Jade 51
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Nugget 49
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Vista 49
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