Rundownhouse
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Anybody had a chance to try these out yet? I've got 7oz, will probably make an IPA with them tomorrow.
This is awesome - I'm just now trying to decide whether to use Zythos, Falconer's Flight, or Calypso as my single hop for a pale ale.
Sorry for being nit-picky, but keep in mind that Falconer's Flight and Zythos are hop blends designed to extend supply since producer's like HopUnion can't keep up with the demand for hops like Simcoe and Citra.
Check out HopUnion's Statement on Zythos Hop Pellets.
Rundownhouse said:OK, knocked out 11g of 1.055 pale at about 1pm today. First time I've brewed in quite a while, so I had too much wort and not enough OG.
Nice hop but not quite in the same league as Amarillo, Citra, or Simcoe IMHO...
i agree. i have 8 gallons of an all zythos ale dry hopping with 3oz of zythos right now. this will be a good pale ale but i don't think these hop blends will take the place of my beloved simcoe/citra pale ales.
I crafted a pale ale with 9 lb 2-row pale, 2 lb Munich, half lb c-40, & half lb victory. Ended up with 5.5 gals at 1.057 wort using wlp-001 slurry. Bittered with half oz Columbus and then one oz zythos at 15 and 1 min. Tastes ok as a wort. We'll see how it goes!
Its really heavy on the sweet citrus side of American hops. Not so much of the piney/resiny side.
i have a half pound of zythos. i will be brewing a hoppy blonde using magnum for bittering and zythos for the rest.
I didn't get much of a hoppy kick from zythos hops but was amazed at how well WL530 worked with this beer i made. Granted i had simcoes and centennials for flavor and aroma. I didn't want too much bittering but wanted floral qualities. Zythos would be my choice for a Belgian IPA hop again. But for a standard ipa it is no substitute for amarillos, simcoes, centennials, etc.
I just tasted my zythos IPA and I'm less than excited about it. A brewer friend of mine was given a sample from the distributor and he passed them on to me. The aroma is very odd, it's kind of herbal, but not very appealing. The flavor is good, but it's pretty balanced with the malt. Some citrus notes and little else. If I could go back I'd up the late additions, but I was limited to 4 ounces and I prefer a high buttering content. It's only been bottled for 7 days so maybe in another week or so the flavor will change a little. All in all is okay.
nutty_gnome said:I crafted a pale ale with 9 lb 2-row pale, 2 lb Munich, half lb c-40, & half lb victory. Ended up with 5.5 gals at 1.057 wort using wlp-001 slurry. Bittered with half oz Columbus and then one oz zythos at 15 and 1 min. Tastes ok as a wort. We'll see how it goes!
Wobbegong said:Your take is exactly what I feel about my All Zythos IPA. Just sampled the finished beer for the 1st time this weekend. I intended this to be a big IPA, with 8 oz. used in a 5.25 gallon batch. I had a 60 min addition, along with progressively larger additions at 15, 10, 5 and flame out, along with a 2 stage dry hop. The finished beer has little hop aroma and I totally agree with your tasting note, odd.
Not a fan of this blend, wouldn't use it again. Strangely enough, they smell amazing in the bag, but I get none of those aromas or flavors in the beer... IPA's are my main style of brew, and Im not feeling this one...
I'm glad I read this before brewing with them. I had a chance to smell some at the LHBS, and thought they smelled great.
eastoak said:i had the same experience, great smell in the bag and a total dud in the bottle. i made the mistake of brewing a 10 gallon, all zythos, batch so i have all of this beer i don't want to drink. last weekend i had a homebrewing class here at my house for a group of parents from my daughter's preschool and one parent really loved the zythos so i'm going to give most if not all of it to them.
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