I had a few pounds of new hops from the YVH Black Friday sale, and some random ones I wanted to compare. I decided to do the old “dry hop some tasteless beer” test.
Methodology:
I dumped some beer out, then added 5g to each can and screwed the cap back on. Left the cans for about 36 hours at 40*. Sorry for my lack of descriptors, but here’s a general idea of my experience.
Best:
24 Galaxy - citrus, grapefruit
24 Eclipse - citrus
23 Strata - strawberry/berry, woody
Second tier
22 Idaho 7 - dank, citrus
24 Mosaic - berry, woody
Third tier
23 Azacca - mild, woody, spice
23 Amarillo - light citrus, dank, woody
Trash
23 Nelson - gross woody spice, total garbage. Maybe a bad batch?
Conclusion:
The 24 galaxy and 24 eclipse were the biggest standouts. I’m excited to brew with those if anybody has any suggestions for hot and cold side hopping. I also have a few different years of Citra (22, 23, 24, lupomax) but ran out of mich ultras, so I’ll have to go back and do this again.
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