New hop.

[dennisking]

Just come across this, new English hop http://drinkbritain.com/news/2012/11/je ... -clothes-0

 

[pittsy]

thanks for the info Dennis.

 

[Belter]

Tried it at the St Austell brewery beer festival. it was nice. I wouldnt say it was a challenger for the new world hops at all (see my pun there)

 

[dennisking]

It does state it's the first year. Think it might have been Critch who mentioned Charles Faram were developing some new varieties.

 

[jamesb]

Tried it at the St Austell brewery beer festival. it was nice. I wouldnt say it was a challenger for the new world hops at all (see my pun there)

Would love to know how you managed that?

 

[Belter]

Tried it at the St Austell brewery beer festival. it was nice. I wouldnt say it was a challenger for the new world hops at all (see my pun there)

Would love to know how you managed that?

I walked in the door. paid. bought some half pint tokens. noticed they had a beer with new English experimental hops. thought I'd try it as my first beer. I put it to my lips ans tasted it.

is this what you meant or have I taken your comment the wrong way?

 

[jamesb]

Tried it at the St Austell brewery beer festival. it was nice. I wouldnt say it was a challenger for the new world hops at all (see my pun there)

Would love to know how you managed that?

I walked in the door. paid. bought some half pint tokens. noticed they had a beer with new English experimental hops. thought I'd try it as my first beer. I put it to my lips ans tasted it.
is this what you meant or have I taken your comment the wrong way?

It's just that with this particular hop (there are others around on trial), Moor beer had the only 60kg grown in the country.

 

[jimp2003]

Moor Beer have a presence at several of the beer festivals in the west country so it should not be surprising that Belter came across their new beer at the St Austell do....

 

[Belter]

perhaps Roger has friends in high places. it was a nice beer.

 

[Belter]

it wasn't Moor Beer's beer. it was St Austells

 

[jimp2003]

it wasn't Moor Beer's beer. it was St Austells

Which beer was it Belter? I fancy picking up a bottle of the Moor Beer brew tomorrow and would be good to have another to compare it with (if the St Austell beer is available in bottles that is..)

 

[Belter]

see picture above. Jesters English Ipa

 

[jimp2003]

see picture above. Jesters English Ipa

Oh Yeah - I missed that.

So how would you describe your impressions of the hop flavour/ aroma? Was it very distinctive?

 

[Belter]

i remember thinking it tasted very distinctive. A bit like it had a sour lemon mixed in with all the bitterness and none of the sweetness. A kind of chemically taste.. can't really put my finger on it but tasted a bit wrong. drinkable. but I wouldn't rush out and buy it again. then again every beer I tasted that night tasted like it had been shaken up and not looked after. I even had a pint of Bath Ales- Gem as a sure fire good beer and it tasted like sh1t.