Hop
Challenger
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Purpose
- dual
- Alpha acid
- 6.5–9.0 %
- Beta acid
- 3.2–4.5 %
- Cohumulone
- 20–25 % of alpha
- Total oil
- 1.0–1.7 mL/100 g
Oil breakdown
- Myrcene
- 34 % of oil
- Humulene
- 29 % of oil
- Caryophyllene
- 8 % of oil
- Farnesene
- 1 % of oil
Description
The English all-rounder: low enough in cohumulone to bitter cleanly, aromatic enough to carry the late hop in a bitter or porter. Its cedar-and-spice profile is the backbone of countless cask ales.