Question. I had some heirloom hops tested last week at KAR labs just for simple acids. I believe the 'mother plant' to be 50 to 100 yrs old and probably Cluster because that's what everybody grew up here pretty much.
So, heres my question. The heirlooms have always been TWICE the size and TWICE as citrus aroma/odor. SUPER citrus I call it, crazy. However, when tested I did not expect the levels to be so high. 42.7 Cohumulone and 65% colupulone. The alphas are 4.6 and total betas 3.35 . So its not a bittering. I kinda expected that anyway but is this stuff going to have horrible after taste or off tastes?
Will I know, say making a small batch of tea and comparing to say my Cascades? With similar Alpha and betas? But my Cascades have 35.5% cohumulones tested last year.
I don't see much info on these colupulone information? at 65% that's crazy high. Is that the citrus aroma coming from?
So should I just make a batch of brew and see what happens ? How much will a tea tell me?
Oh and the yield of this heirloom "S" I call it is double anything here except the Centennials, about the same as those.
Thanks
So, heres my question. The heirlooms have always been TWICE the size and TWICE as citrus aroma/odor. SUPER citrus I call it, crazy. However, when tested I did not expect the levels to be so high. 42.7 Cohumulone and 65% colupulone. The alphas are 4.6 and total betas 3.35 . So its not a bittering. I kinda expected that anyway but is this stuff going to have horrible after taste or off tastes?
Will I know, say making a small batch of tea and comparing to say my Cascades? With similar Alpha and betas? But my Cascades have 35.5% cohumulones tested last year.
I don't see much info on these colupulone information? at 65% that's crazy high. Is that the citrus aroma coming from?
So should I just make a batch of brew and see what happens ? How much will a tea tell me?
Oh and the yield of this heirloom "S" I call it is double anything here except the Centennials, about the same as those.
Thanks