Falconer's Flight Hop

[rodwha]

I bought several ounces of this back in 2014 and finally figured I should do something with it. I bought several more ounces and used the newer hops in the boil, though the older hops were stored in the freezer and smelled fine.

On brew day I was blown away by the aroma of this hop and figured I may have just found a new favorite. After 3 weeks of fermentation, 3 weeks of conditioning, and 1 week in the fridge I was dissappointed. The aroma was vague and the flavor was very muddied.

My 5.5 gal pale ale was:
7 lbs pale ale malt
1.5 lbs white wheat
0.5 lb crystal 40
1 lb cane sugar (FO)
0.25 oz FF (11.3%) @ 70 mins
1.25 oz FF @ 21/7 mins
3.25 oz FF whirlpool ~180*
US-05

Has anyone else had similar results?

 

[cswis86]

Dry hop that sucker! I've found a lot of hop aroma is lost during fermentation so dry hopping is critical to get the good hop aroma and flavor.

 

[Cavpilot2000]

Yeah, I've got an APA dry hopped with 2 oz of FF on tap right now, and it's wonderful!

 

[V-Fib]

I have a IPA kegged with it now that I used 2 oz in the boil and dry hopped with 2 oz more. The aroma is a KO.

 

[jrgtr42]

I have an IPA recipe that uses equal amounts Citra, Mosiac and FF. Always come our with nice flavor and aroma, I just have to make the final tweaks to my grain bill to get it exactly where I want it.

 

[rodwha]

My all Cascade and HBC 342 are made similarly (no dry hop) and are AMAZING!

 

[rodwha]

This beer has really matured nicely. I've never had the hop flavor so out of focus like this. All of my IPAs/APAs are fermented for 3 weeks, conditioned for 3 weeks, and usually given no less than a week in the fridge.