Heull Melon & Belma hops

[Upthewazzu]

I have 4oz of each and was wondering if anyone has tried them. I've read the Belma hops have a strawberry/blueberry flavor/aroma and the Heull Melon's have a melon (duh) flavor/aroma. Wondering if these two could be mixed or if I should add something fruity/floral/piney into the mix to cut the oddball flavors of these two. Any recs?

 

[Evan_L]

I used Belma in a SH pale ale a while back. Don't exactly recall it but I remember getting a definite berry note. It was very subtle, I could see most other hops dominating them in the flavor profile of the finished beer. I would stay away from piney hops but floral would definitely work well as long as it doesn't overpower the Belma. Wish I could be of more help....pretty sure there's a whole Belma thread somewhere around here from when they were first released.

 

[Upthewazzu]

Thanks for the tip, that's actually really good to know. Maybe I'll mix some Crystal in there since it's really low AA but puts our a decent floral aroma.

 

[ong]

I ended up throwing out a lb of Belma. It had pretty minimal flavor and aroma, but what it did have was bubblegum, kinda gross fake fruit. Even as a bittering hop I didn't enjoy it.

 

[BASSBBQANDBEER]

I brewed a Huell Melon Pale Ale (3 oz. Huell Melon, 1 oz. Nugget) a few months ago and I didn't get much melon notes. If I had to brew it again, I would have dry hopped it with another 2 oz. for 5 days before bottling.

 

[Joewalla88]

I used some belma along with some mosaic as the for flavor and aroma in an imperial red. I thought it worked great with the sweeter malt bill. I got nice fruity flavor when combined with the mosaic. I'm about to try a huell melon vienna smash next, but I don't know anything about them yet. They sound awesome though.

 

[WhoDatDad78]

Swmbo has requested a raspberry wheat, after tasting a variation from a local brewery (Tupps, Raspberry Shade) and I was thinking Belma might be a good finishing hop.

 

[stieg000]

Used some hull melon in a saison, definitely got melon character. 1oz @ 60 and 1oz dry hop for 5 days in a 4g batch. I probably would not use it again as a single hop.