NZ pacific gem

[JLamb]

I have a recipe that I wrote up and I was interested in using pacific gem as an aroma hop for the last 5-10 mins of the boil. I understand that it has a high alpha and is normally used for bittering. Has anyone used PG as a last hop addition with good results? I have found some people that said it was great used as an aroma hop.



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[unionrdr]

I used it for bittering in my all NZ hopped Maori IPA. Gives aroma & some flavor of floraly oak & Blackberry. So I personally look at it as a multi-purpose hop. I'd say the oak comes through the most,then a dark berry with some floral/nectary bit after that.

 

[morticaixavier]

I've used it all the way through a brew and it's quite nice. the tropical hop thing is subdued but it's still fruity and floral.

 

[aiptasia]

It's not very often used for Aroma. Hop Union states it has some delicate blackberry, floral and oak tones.

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