HOP CONTROL currently includes around 320 hop varieties in its database, with plans to expand to over 400 by 2025. The data is sourced from industry averages and offers more than just the typical alpha and beta acid levels; it also includes detailed aroma oil content and sensory data, all of which can be visualized in an easy-to-read color-coded spider chart. While some of this data is available from individual suppliers, having it all in one place is a major advantage.

The HOP COMPARISON tool enables you to compare up to six hop varieties at once, displaying their sensory data in an overlaid spider chart, alongside key hop metrics for easy side-by-side comparison.

The HOP FINDER tool allows you to search for hops based on alpha, beta, and co-humulone percentages, and you can also filter by aromatic profile to quickly identify hops with the desired aroma. Clicking on any hop variety brings up its sensory spider chart, along with a description and technical data, including total oil content.

With this tool, we can select the values of the target spider diagram and ask the tool to find the first hops in the database with a spider diagram closest to this one.

It is possible to start from the spider diagram of a hop variety in the database and then change the quality levels. Moreover, it is possible to filter the results by hop origin.

Ingegnere aeronautico e manager di un team specializzato in simulazioni numeriche in ambito automotive. Consulente per i birrifici sulle tecniche di luppolatura e autore per il Giornale della Birra. Dopo numerosi anni dedicati allo studio delle qualità aromatiche del luppolo, sfruttando la sua esperienza nella creazione di modelli matematici, nel 2023 ha realizzato l’algoritmo alla base del software HOP CONTROL.