New hops
Posted by Jared Birbeck on Monday, November 9, 2009
I have just received a few new hops in the mail for testing. The first is a new Australian variety, Summer Saaz. This will go into a small test batch to test the flavour in the same way I tested Topaz. If it is half as good as the other new Australian varieties I have tried, Galaxy and Topaz, then I'll be very happy.
The other variety I picked up was Millennium. From all all reports this make a great bittering hop and thats about it. the flavour and aroma properties are not strong enough to complete with other hops. I will do another small batch with a strong focus on flavour and aroma to test it but it's job may be simply bittering releasing other great Australian hops to take centre stage.
The final purchase was Australian grwon Tettnang. It will be interestin to see how this one compares to the original.
Since the test beers I have done have used a combination of POR, Galaxy and Topaz it will be interesting to see where these new hops fit and how they would go in blending with the others.
The other variety I picked up was Millennium. From all all reports this make a great bittering hop and thats about it. the flavour and aroma properties are not strong enough to complete with other hops. I will do another small batch with a strong focus on flavour and aroma to test it but it's job may be simply bittering releasing other great Australian hops to take centre stage.
The final purchase was Australian grwon Tettnang. It will be interestin to see how this one compares to the original.
Since the test beers I have done have used a combination of POR, Galaxy and Topaz it will be interesting to see where these new hops fit and how they would go in blending with the others.