I appear to have made the worst beer in the world using a mix of Willamette, Belma, and West Yorkshire Ale yeast from White Labs. Tastes like rotting strawberries dipped in mud. I think it's the combination, though, not the Belma itself.
bellmtbbq said:BTW this hop sounds perfect matched up to Mosaic- both very berry and fruity.
If anyone out there felt like they over ordered on Belma and would like to help a one gallon brewer out, I'd be willing to buy3-4 oz off someone plus shipping. A pound is just too much for a one gallon brewer.. Please PM me if you can help me out! Thanks
I bought 2 pounds and am not a huge fan. I'm on my phone and can't seem to pm, so if you want to shoot me a message. I have pellets and cones. I'll gladly just send you some.
What didn't you like about it? Cheers
I made 2 different beers with it. An all Belma APA and a Belma/Cascade APA. The all Belma APA was plain and boring, even with 5oz of Belma, all late boil or dry hopped. The Belma/Cascade was creamy... like if you'd put cascade pellets in a glass of milk.
Neither were bad, but I have about 20lbs of hops in the freezer that I like much more than this one. I'd use it for bittering, but I have 2lbs of Magnum that I'm partial to.
I'll keep the cones to and use them in an American strawberry wheat. I think that might be a good combo.
Overall I'm certainly not knocking a $5/lb hop, but it's not something I'd choose over Citra, Amarillo, Northern Brewer, Centennial, EKG, etc.
DrunkleJon said:I am thinking about throwing some into my Pale Ale which for some reason only bittered. I don't know why but none of the flavor/aroma additions seem to have done anything but bitter. A little Belma/Cascade dry hop to test them out.
Found it here: http://www.brews-bros.com/topic/70189-belmapocalypse-ipa/
It's a very light IPA... would go down really good on a hot summer day chilled to about 34F.
I like cascade/Belma combo - a few people have mentioned my APA tastes like a creamy Sierra Nevada
DrunkleJon said:Well, that is definitely what I will do then. Now to rig up a in keg dry hopping bag.
I wouldn't say Belma has grassy off-flavors akin to dryhopping for too long or using old hops.
Rather, grass is just a trait of this hop. At its very basic, it offers grass, spice, pineapple, orange zest, and some get strawberry.
bobbrews said:I wouldn't say Belma has grassy off-flavors akin to dryhopping for too long or using old hops.
Rather, grass is just a trait of this hop. At its very basic, it offers grass, spice, pineapple, orange zest, and some get strawberry.
Gear101 said:Ok with summer a couple months away, what about a Belma Hefeweizen? Off to my LHBS today to get supplies and what nots, thinking out with the stouts in with summer beers.
I think it would work well and in wit biers - especially the creaminess of the hop with oats in the bill
personally i like my hefs fresh, so i'm holding off on those for now. if i have time in my schedule i'll do a belgian blond or belgian pale - also nice summer sippers that don't mind a little aging.Ok with summer a couple months away, what about a Belma Hefeweizen? Off to my LHBS today to get supplies and what nots, thinking out with the stouts in with summer beers.
Ok, so I just cracked my first carbonated Belma/2-row SMaSH IPA. Belma is quite underwhelming on it's own. I want to brew it again, but with Conan like I read on a blog (I believe it was linked somewhere in this thread). The aroma was solid, but not intense. Pineapple and strawberry mostly. It has a smooth bitterness due to all late hops. Flavor is where I think this hop really falls flat. Even with hop bursting and a 2 oz dry hop charge there wasn't much hop flavor to speak of. Definitely not going to use this on its own again. I can see it playing well with other fruity hops like Citra, Nelson, Motueka and Calypso. I can also see it marrying nicely as a balancing hop for your piney/floral type hops.
eastoak said:belma, zythos and caliente were all very much underwhelming hops for me.
I have some coming in the mail.. How bad are the Caliente hops? I was hoping for a nice aroma hop
eastoak said:the pound of caliente i got had ZERO aroma or flavor and i've seen other reviewers who have said the same thing. my first thought after opening the bag was that it needed some heat and water to bring out the aroma, so i made a hop tea...tasted and smelled like some kind of soup. not a good soup. it does have a clean bittering but i could not coax any pleasant taste or aroma out of the hops.
That's a real shame. With aroma hops I prefer to buy them in leaf form but they didn't carry any. I am hoping for a delicate peach/cherry aroma... We will see when I open them tonight... I'm going to do an experimental IPA with Golden Promise and TF Amber malt... Belma, Caliente, and Mosaic hops... Three new varieties.
I bet ya the Mosaic just man handles them all and takes the front seat.
I have 5 gallons of Belma Pale in the secondary now.I saw a thread recently about hopsdirect's new belma hops. For five bucks a lb I couldn't resist and jumped on the bandwagon. Anybody drinking on a batch brewed with these yet? I won't be brewing for another week or two and was wondering what to expect.
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