• Zappa Hops?

    From Baloonon@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 5 18:56:56 2019
    Anyone used Zappa hops or tried a beer made with them?

    I'm thinking of ordering them and experimenting, but can find pretty much
    zero on them. Sierra Nevada made a single hop beer with them, but it's not
    sold where I am. Can't find anything on homebrewtalk.com about them.

    The brief description I've seen is "Passionfruit, mint, spice, tropical
    fruits, and fruity pebbles" and they are evidently bred in part from a wild Mexican variety of hops.

    I'm going to guess nobody has, but thought I'd throw it out there....

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  • From Tom Biasi@21:1/5 to Baloonon on Sun Jan 6 13:31:46 2019
    On 1/5/2019 1:56 PM, Baloonon wrote:
    Anyone used Zappa hops or tried a beer made with them?

    I'm thinking of ordering them and experimenting, but can find pretty much zero on them. Sierra Nevada made a single hop beer with them, but it's not sold where I am. Can't find anything on homebrewtalk.com about them.

    The brief description I've seen is "Passionfruit, mint, spice, tropical fruits, and fruity pebbles" and they are evidently bred in part from a wild Mexican variety of hops.

    I'm going to guess nobody has, but thought I'd throw it out there....

    You can get the complete profile here: https://www.yakimavalleyhops.com/product_p/hopszappa1-2018crop.htm

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  • From Baloonon@21:1/5 to Tom Biasi on Sun Jan 6 20:13:29 2019
    Tom Biasi <tombiasi@optonline.net> wrote:

    On 1/5/2019 1:56 PM, Baloonon wrote:

    Anyone used Zappa hops or tried a beer made with them?

    I'm thinking of ordering them and experimenting, but can find pretty
    much zero on them. Sierra Nevada made a single hop beer with them,
    but it's not sold where I am. Can't find anything on homebrewtalk.com
    about them.

    The brief description I've seen is "Passionfruit, mint, spice,
    tropical fruits, and fruity pebbles" and they are evidently bred in
    part from a wild Mexican variety of hops.

    I'm going to guess nobody has, but thought I'd throw it out there....

    You can get the complete profile here: https://www.yakimavalleyhops.com/product_p/hopszappa1-2018crop.htm

    Thanks. I loved the bit further down that says "he still finds himself
    adding descriptors."

    It sounds wild, but something like that doesn't always play well with other hops. I took a pass on it in my most recent hop order, but maybe I'll try
    it in a small batch in a while.

    Medusa is another Neomexicanus variety. There seem to be a lot more people
    who have used it, and it's gotten a lot of positive takes. However, it's supposed to be a different beast, despite somewhat similar origins. I'll
    keep both in mind.

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  • From Tom Biasi@21:1/5 to Baloonon on Sun Jan 6 21:11:22 2019
    On 1/6/2019 3:13 PM, Baloonon wrote:
    Tom Biasi <tombiasi@optonline.net> wrote:

    On 1/5/2019 1:56 PM, Baloonon wrote:

    Anyone used Zappa hops or tried a beer made with them?

    I'm thinking of ordering them and experimenting, but can find pretty
    much zero on them. Sierra Nevada made a single hop beer with them,
    but it's not sold where I am. Can't find anything on homebrewtalk.com
    about them.

    The brief description I've seen is "Passionfruit, mint, spice,
    tropical fruits, and fruity pebbles" and they are evidently bred in
    part from a wild Mexican variety of hops.

    I'm going to guess nobody has, but thought I'd throw it out there....

    You can get the complete profile here:
    https://www.yakimavalleyhops.com/product_p/hopszappa1-2018crop.htm

    Thanks. I loved the bit further down that says "he still finds himself
    adding descriptors."

    It sounds wild, but something like that doesn't always play well with other hops. I took a pass on it in my most recent hop order, but maybe I'll try
    it in a small batch in a while.

    Medusa is another Neomexicanus variety. There seem to be a lot more people who have used it, and it's gotten a lot of positive takes. However, it's supposed to be a different beast, despite somewhat similar origins. I'll
    keep both in mind.

    We won't get much info until people start using it.

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