EXP 6297 single hop feedback.
Posted by Farmhouse on 13th Jun 2017
We did a 1BBL batch of single hopped pale ale using the EXP6297 hops from Hopsteiner at our brewery Rock County Brewing Company here in Janesville, WI and this is our impression.
The
beer was a second runnings pale ale from a IIPA we did. It started @
1.044 and final gravity was 1.008, the beer dried out enough to allow
the hop profile to shine.
Our impression is that this hop is
absolutely wonderful and its flavor profile is diverse enough to make
this simple single hopped ale much more interesting that you might
think. The bittering is aggressive (I assume this is accentuated by the
low F.G.), its almost numbing on the pallet. There was an herbal
component to the beer (in the nose and flavor) when it was young and as
its aged just a bit (it's 3 1/2 weeks old as of today) it has mellowed
in to an earthy almost white wine like finish. There is most certainly a
citrus component to the beer and orange cream is a wonderful
descriptor. It becomes more and more evident as the beer warms, its
very nice because its not overly pronounced but seems to compliment all
the other things happening in the beer.
For sure an interesting
hops and we have already decided we will use it again in something
soon. We may just make another batch of Single hopped pale ale....we
like it that much.