tyrub42
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Hey everyone! So most of us heard about Pomona and immediately wondered how it would compare to Verdant. I run a small brewery in Taiwan, where liquid is expensive and hard to get, so this was huge news to me as well. I got a friend to bring some Pomona over and set up a side by side brew for comparison. The beers finished and are sitting in kegs, so I wanted to post my results. Here's some basic info:
-Basic hazy IPA recipe, nothing paradigm shifting. No whirlpool hops, and bagged bittering hops just to keep everything identical between them.
-One large batch split into two fermenters so it was the exact same beer.
-fined both with .1g/liter of gelatin to test long-term haze stability and reduce hop burn
-Both beers finished at the same FG (1.012), but Pomona fermented faster. Verdant is always slow to ferment the last 10-20 percent for me.
-Pomona didn't have the giant krausen that Verdant gets
-Verdant is noticeably hazier, showing outstanding haze stability as always
-Pomona is overall fruitier and has a ruby red grapefruit vibe to it
-Verdant has an overall softer mouthfeel
-These are both fantastic yeasts and I don't think I have a favorite between them.
-Verdant has the usual London iii vibes. Pomona reminds me a little of Conan in the sense that it's less haze stable and fruitier with a less pillowy mouthfeel, although the flavor profile is pretty distinct with that ruby red grapefruit vibe.
I'll post more details and pics when I have a chance, but just thought I'd get this up while I have a minute
-Basic hazy IPA recipe, nothing paradigm shifting. No whirlpool hops, and bagged bittering hops just to keep everything identical between them.
-One large batch split into two fermenters so it was the exact same beer.
-fined both with .1g/liter of gelatin to test long-term haze stability and reduce hop burn
-Both beers finished at the same FG (1.012), but Pomona fermented faster. Verdant is always slow to ferment the last 10-20 percent for me.
-Pomona didn't have the giant krausen that Verdant gets
-Verdant is noticeably hazier, showing outstanding haze stability as always
-Pomona is overall fruitier and has a ruby red grapefruit vibe to it
-Verdant has an overall softer mouthfeel
-These are both fantastic yeasts and I don't think I have a favorite between them.
-Verdant has the usual London iii vibes. Pomona reminds me a little of Conan in the sense that it's less haze stable and fruitier with a less pillowy mouthfeel, although the flavor profile is pretty distinct with that ruby red grapefruit vibe.
I'll post more details and pics when I have a chance, but just thought I'd get this up while I have a minute