Few bits and pieces from Stan Hieronymus' latest newsletter :
Kiwi brewer on Nectaron (fka Hort 4337) " It’s a truly amazing aromatic hop, just fantastic. We’ve late-hopped and dry hopped with it and it oozes stone fruit – it’s just peachy. I haven’t experienced anything like this hop since Nelson Sauvin came out. It should make a big international impact. "
The Aussies have named HPA-016, Eclipse : "I guess it’s something a little bit different to Galaxy in terms of it’s got plenty of fruity hop but it has also got this spice to it, which just gives it another dimension,” he said. “I think it will work well in that NEIPA style, I think it will work well in most pale ales, and it might also work pretty well in a hoppy pilsner or something like that – in anything where you’re looking for some fruity characters."
Hopsteiner have announced
Lupulin, their equivalent of LupoMax/Cryo, available for Bravo, Calypso, Comet, Lemondrop, Lotus (X06297 - supposedly "waves of orange and vanilla followed by notes of candied grape and tropical fruit aromas") and Sultana (formerly Denali/X06277).
Hopfen, the German annual review, is
now out.