Hop
Southern Cross
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Origin
- New Zealand
- Purpose
- dual
- Alpha acid
- 11.0–14.0 %
- Beta acid
- 5.0–6.5 %
- Cohumulone
- 24–28 % of alpha
- Total oil
- 0.8–1.2 mL/100 g
Oil breakdown
- Myrcene
- 40 % of oil
- Humulene
- 22 % of oil
- Caryophyllene
- 9 % of oil
- Farnesene
- 2 % of oil
Description
A clean dual-purpose New Zealander with lemon peel and pine on the nose and a smooth bitterness thanks to modest cohumulone. Comfortable across the whole boil, from a single bittering charge to a late aroma addition.