Hops- the bitter
maker
Taken from 'The Hop Union'
The following is a simplified breakdown of a hop cone (by %) By following the linkon the lupulin, the breakdown is further explained for that involving the lupulin and it's components.
Hops 100%
Lupulin 16%
Soft Resins 13%
Alpha Acids 8%
Beta Acids 4%
Other Soft Resins 1%
Hard Resins 2%
Essential Oils 1%
Hydrocarbons 0.75%
Oxidation Products 0.2%
Sulphur containing compounds 0.05%
Vegative Matter 84%
The following is the breakdown of the lupulin. Note: The items to the far right in bolded red are the refined hop products produced from the lupulin.
Luplin
Soft Resins
Alpha Acids (Humulones)
Isohumulones
Isomerized Hop Extract
Beta Acids (Lupulones)
Dihydro-Isohumulones
Tetrahydro-Isohumulones
Hexahydro-Isohumulones
Light Resistant Isomerized HopExtract
Other Soft Resins
Hard Resins
Base Extracts (humulone and isohumulone free)
Essential Oils
Hydrocarons
Myrcene
Humulone
Caryophylene
Faresene
Selinene
Oxidation Products
Dry Hop Essence
Alcohol Oxides
Linalook
Geraniol
Various Oxide Products
Spicy
Linalool
Geranoil
Various Oxide Products
Increased Humulone
Super Spicy
Ketones Epoxides
Humulone epoxides
Many Ketone Products
Floral
Citrus Components
Yet to be identified
Citrussy
Esters
Many esters in methyl form
Methyl Esters