Smellyglove
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So, I recently brewed a beer which is kind of my standard house SH APA-procedure.
Except. This time I used MJ M15, instead of us05, and did not dryhop. I used motueka.
Last time I brewed with motueka, I got direct lemon and lime from it. So I thought this hop tastes like lemon and lime.
Anyhow. Just kegged this one. I had to go into the freezer and check if I didn't mistake Motueka for Tettnang. The lime and lemon is vanished, comparing to the last beer. It tastes like a noble hop.
So, "Ok, I just didn't get the biotransformation thing going since I didn't dryhop" Even if I dryhop late, comparing to when you "should " dryhop for biotransformation, which is within a few days after pitch.
But at this point (like two hrs ago) I was still thinking biotransformation, as you'll end up with Beta-citronelool, which is implied by the name, it taste like citrus, so lemon/lime..
But biotransformation is because of yeast utilizing hop oils, it converts linalool in the precense of geraniol, as far as I remember.. So I looked up motueka on ych hops, and bam, Geraniol oil content: 0% - 0%. Which implies that it couldn't be straight biotransformation as I know it..
Is this correct, or is it just that the info isn't available? Anyone else has a source for the oil content of Motueka hops? I guess all hops do contain some amount of Geraniol?
Edit: I reformulated my question so now I see the topic ended up in the wrong forum..
Except. This time I used MJ M15, instead of us05, and did not dryhop. I used motueka.
Last time I brewed with motueka, I got direct lemon and lime from it. So I thought this hop tastes like lemon and lime.
Anyhow. Just kegged this one. I had to go into the freezer and check if I didn't mistake Motueka for Tettnang. The lime and lemon is vanished, comparing to the last beer. It tastes like a noble hop.
So, "Ok, I just didn't get the biotransformation thing going since I didn't dryhop" Even if I dryhop late, comparing to when you "should " dryhop for biotransformation, which is within a few days after pitch.
But at this point (like two hrs ago) I was still thinking biotransformation, as you'll end up with Beta-citronelool, which is implied by the name, it taste like citrus, so lemon/lime..
But biotransformation is because of yeast utilizing hop oils, it converts linalool in the precense of geraniol, as far as I remember.. So I looked up motueka on ych hops, and bam, Geraniol oil content: 0% - 0%. Which implies that it couldn't be straight biotransformation as I know it..
Is this correct, or is it just that the info isn't available? Anyone else has a source for the oil content of Motueka hops? I guess all hops do contain some amount of Geraniol?
Edit: I reformulated my question so now I see the topic ended up in the wrong forum..