Bramling Cross

All Hops

United Kingdom Aroma

black_currantloganberryvanillalemonspicy

Alpha

5% 8%

7.2%

Beta

2.3% 3.2%

Cohum.

33% 35%

Oils

0.7 mL 1.2 mL

Description

Bramling Cross is a dual-purpose hop that can be used in all hop additions throughout the brewing process. Bramling Cross hops have aroma descriptors that include strong spice, blackcurrant, loganberry and lemon. It is often used in traditional cask conditioned beers due to its distinct characteristics.

Recipe Stats based on 445 recipes

Prevalence

0.3%

Usage by addition type (g/L · median with IQR range)

Bittering

0.27 g/L 0.81 g/L

0.47 g/L

Flavour

0.19 g/L 0.51 g/L

0.29 g/L

Aroma

0.21 g/L 0.64 g/L

0.37 g/L

Whirlpool

0.17 g/L 0.7 g/L

0.38 g/L

Dry Hop

0.43 g/L 0.71 g/L

0.61 g/L

Hop Addition Timing

Bittering (56 min) · 38% Flavour (21 min) · 14% Aroma (5 min) · 25% Whirlpool · 16% Dry Hop · 6%

% of total hop weight · avg boil time where applicable

Common Styles

3% Best Bitter (20)
3% Ordinary Bitter (18)
2% Dark Mild (12)
2% Robust Porter (23)
2% Strong Bitter (26)
1% Brown Porter (10)
1% English IPA (17)
1% American Stout (12)
1% Irish Red Ale (14)
1% Oatmeal Stout (10)
1% Sweet Stout (9)
0% Saison (8)
0% American Amber Ale (9)
0% American IPA (19)
0% American Pale Ale (10)

% of [style] recipes using this hop · (recipe count in brackets)

Pairs Well With

16% East Kent Goldings 73 recipes
12% Fuggles 52 recipes
9% Challenger 41 recipes
8% Cascade 36 recipes
5% Target 21 recipes
4% Magnum (GR) 20 recipes
4% Northdown 20 recipes

% of recipes using this hop that also use the paired hop