naiek
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Please post how it compares to the original!
Send me a bottle of the original and I will
Please post how it compares to the original!
Send me a bottle of the original and I will
ahhh - i was assuming you had brewed the original. I have once and it was excellent! and I have a pound of belma, so i'm interested in how yours turns out
Spicy how? Like Willamette, Chinook, and Ahtanum had a baby with some added tropical fruity notes?
Does it have Noble traits or would you call it a distinctly American Pacific Northwest hop in terms of character?
I haven't even opened my bag yet. Brewing Sunday.
plan to make a similar recipe with amarillo, cascade and belma to compare.
After getting sucked in by how hops direct marketed their "Calypso" hops about this time last year (damn that was a really weak hop) I'm a bit skeptical of their new hop varieties, or at least their marketing pitches. Bit disappointed from everyone's descriptions, as I was hoping these would be a bit stronger, although I'll probably still grab a pound of them soon. I want to try them in a really super aggressively hopped American Red blended with equal parts Ahatnum and either Amarillo, Columbus, or Summit (pending I can find Summit that haven't been visited by the onion fairy).
If nothing else, even if the character is too weak for your tates, they are high alpha. I'm sure you could put them to good use.
I got 2lbs in the mail today. It's a very nice hop. Tropical and a little funky/grungy. I get a little citrus, but mostly like over ripe pineapple with some 'funk' to it. And I mean that in a good way.
It's not quite as oily as Citra, but sh**, few hops are. Definitely looking forward to using it.
Hernando said:What are the thoughts on using this in a farmhouse or saison?
Aroma sounds perfect for a wheat beer
This. Probably going to hop-burst a wheat ale with these to see what they can do. The high AA is going to be a bit of a pain to work around though.
What are the thoughts on using this in a farmhouse or saison?
Yeah! that's what I'm taking about. I'll have to give this a go and update you guys once it's completed.My all Belma APA has a faint Belgian character, and I used American Ale yeast at 63f, so I am assuming that comes from the Belma. I think it would make a good farmhouse/saison.
Anything with Citra smells like juicy hop tropical goodness. I wouldn't credit Belma with those traits just yet until I use them exclusively in the dryhop. Citra isn't in Heady Topper though... at least I don't think.
I've made apa/ipas w/ citra only, citra/amarillo, citra/amarillo/simcoe and citra/cascade and none of them smelled half as good as this one did. It truly has a wonderfully juicy hop aroma and flavor.
Give it a rest. The guy has brewed nearly the same beer repeatedly and is reporting his actual experience, no need to crawl up his ass about it. Most brewers are going to find his post more helpful than your vague objections.
for the record your results were just the kind of thing I was hoping for. I have 2 lbs Belma coming with the citra and cascade at the ready.
I'm pretty sure I posted the hop schedule in this thread, but if you're interested in the full recipe just let me know. Since we did a 10 gallon batch and split it for fermentation, it was interesting to see the differences between 1056 and 1272 w/ regards to the hop character. The 1272 had a fuller, more rounded hop flavor while the 1056 had a nice, crisp hop flavor that finished cleaner.
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