Nelson Sauvin?

[MikeB]

Two weeks ago I would have guessed this was the name of a famous Belgain brewer, but I just recently found out this a variety of hop from New Zealand. I was given 10 ounces of pellets at 11.4% AA, and am now wondering what beer might showcase these unique (supposed to impart sauvignon blanc grape character to beer) hops. I've got a smack pack of WYeast 2124, so my first thought was german pilsner, but now I think that a Kolsch might be the way to go. Anyone have a good recipe using NS?

[6thstreetbrewer]

I made an APA with these that turned out really good. I don't have my recipe in front of me but it was based off of Jamil's crystal free APA. This beer has a great aroma and the hops definitely do have that almost tart white wine grape flavor. That's a pretty nice gift, I spent $24 in s&h for approximately 6 ozs. of these. They work very well for dry hopping to get that pungent aroma.

[MikeB]

6th ST - Thanks. I like the APA idea, as I would get to taste the beer sooner. I also got some palisades the same way that I thought I'd do an APA with. Maybe I'll do the same recipe/hops schedule for each.

[BDawg]

Palisades make a pretty nice APA. The one time I used them it turned out really good. Never had the Nelson Sauvin, though.

I noticed Jon has a boatload of Aussie/New Zealand/other Pacific hops over at Mt. HB in Kirkland.
We've been going through a bunch of homegrown stuff over here, so I haven't bought any of these yet, but I expect that sooner or later I will be.

[MikeB]

BDawg - Thanks for the +1 on palisade APA, it's in the brew queue now. The NS will be our first New Zealand hop beer, but won't be our last. Jon @ Mt. HB has nice things to say about most of the new varieties as he has made a simple Pale Ale from each. I may try a Riwaka APA soon. Mike

[cliffo]

I'm drinking a simple APA I made with NS as I type - has turned out to be a great beer.

Here's the Beersmith info....all metric here..

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 21.00 L
Boil Size: 25.42 L
Estimated OG: 1.051 SG
Estimated Color: 26.2 EBC
Estimated IBU: 25.3 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.23 kg Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White) (5.9Grain 86.28 %
0.67 kg Crystal (Joe White) (141.8 EBC) Grain 13.72 %
5.25 gm Northern Brewer [9.10 %] (60 min) Hops 5.5 IBU
15.76 gm Fuggles [5.70 %] (20 min) Hops 6.3 IBU
21.00 gm Nelson Sauvin [12.20 %] (20 min) (Aroma HoHops -
21.02 gm Nelson Sauvin [12.20 %] (15 min) Hops 13.5 IBU
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: My Mash
Total Grain Weight: 4.90 kg
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My Mash
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Step Add 15.00 L of water at 71.7 C 66.0 C

[Bigbrews]

I brewed a Strong Lager over the winter, 1.068 OG 1.008 FG which I used Nelson Sauvin. I wanted to see if I could get a beer that has some wine flavor components and came pretty close with this beer. A friend of mine made a Pale Ale with them and used too much and the flavor was odd. Based on that, I went light handed with them.

For a 5.5 gallon batch I used (23.5 IBU)

.50 oz Nelson Sauvin FWH
.80 oz Liberty 60 min
.25 oz Nelson Sauvin 10 minutes

I brought this beer to the NCHF over the weekend and it was pretty popular.

[fulkrum78]

I'm curious Any chance someone has a mail order link stateside for these?