Hops for Tropical Fruit Flavor and Aroma

[LC123]

A mix of Galaxy and Nelson Sauvin is fruit overload territory.

I am giving this a try today. I have used Nelson Sauvin several times before. This will be the first for Galaxy for me. We'll see what happens, hopefully not too much of an overload.

How did this turn out? I did an IWA (India Wheat Ale) with Nelson Sauvin and Riwaka that turned out fantastic. Tropical but still pungent. Fruity but is a good way.

NZ IWA
14-B American IPA

Size: 3.0 gal
Efficiency: 65.0%
Attenuation: 80.0%

Original Gravity: 1.066
Terminal Gravity: 1.013
Color: 6.15
Alcohol: 6.97%
Bitterness: 61.3

Ingredients:
3.5 lb 2-Row Brewers Malt
3 lb Wheat Malt
0.5 lb Oats Flaked
3.0 oz Melanoidin Malt
.75 lb White Table Sugar (Sucrose)
.25 oz Summit (16.9%) - added first wort, boiled 60.0 min
1 oz Nelson Sauvin (14.0%) - added during boil, boiled 10.0 min
1 oz Riwaka (5.8%) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 min
2 oz Nelson Sauvin (14.0%) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 min
1 oz Riwaka (5.8%) - added dry to secondary fermenter
1 oz Nelson Sauvin (14.0%) - added dry to secondary fermenter
1.0 ea Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04

[mediumsk]

Ive found that using a fair amount of honey malt or melanoidin malt in your recipe tends to bring out fruiter qualities in your hop aromatics, for instance amarillos will shift more from a perceived apricot citrusy quality to a more honeydew mellon like flavor.

[Bigbrews]

A mix of Galaxy and Nelson Sauvin is fruit overload territory.

I am giving this a try today. I have used Nelson Sauvin several times before. This will be the first for Galaxy for me. We'll see what happens, hopefully not too much of an overload.

How did this turn out? I did an IWA (India Wheat Ale) with Nelson Sauvin and Riwaka that turned out fantastic. Tropical but still pungent. Fruity but is a good way.

I have been a bit busy in the last few weeks and the beer is still in the fermenter. Took a sample last night and was quite pleased. I'll be kegging it this weekend and will get a better feel for it after it has carbonated.