Hash Join comparison for larger data sets

Building upon my example from my Hash Join post, the following code outputs 3 execution plans that illustrate the efficiency of hash joins when working with large data sets.

I was able to get the query optimizer to use each kind of physical join operator by supplying a hint.

select * from AdventureWorks.Sales.Customer c
left join AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderHeader soh on c.CustomerID = soh.CustomerID

select * from AdventureWorks.Sales.Customer c
left join AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderHeader soh on c.CustomerID = soh.CustomerID
option (merge join)

select * from AdventureWorks.Sales.Customer c
left join AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderHeader soh on c.CustomerID = soh.CustomerID
option (loop join)