Cream Ale Second Best Cream Ale (Silver Medal Winner)

[Herky21]

Agreed, sort of. It is pretty subtle, and seems to do some of its best work in combo with other hops. That said, Belma works very well in saisons. The berry/melon playing off the spicy/fruity character of saison yeast is a truly beautiful thing! Of course, my session saison was also a combo of Belma and Strisselspalt, but you definitely taste the Belma.

Tried to do a smoked IPA with Belma as the only hop. I'm not entirely sure where the smoke stopped and the hops began. Certainly wouldn't call it an IPA though.

I was just checking out your session saison recipe. Interesting! What does Cube hop mean?

 

[eulipion2]

What does Cube hop mean?

I was using the No-Chill method at the time, where you transfer your near-boiling wort into a heatproof vessel, seal it up, and let it cool overnight. The cube hops are added to this vessel before the hot wort is racked in. The additional exposure to high temperatures equated to about a 20 minute addition. So, anything that says cube hop, calculate as a regular 20 minute addition.