Brewery: Bear Flavored
Style: Pale Ale
Made: 6.30.2013
Canned On: 7.18.2013
Appearance: amber gold, ample mind, good retention, hazy
Smell: strawberry, melon, tangerine, faint British / pear esters
Taste:strawberry, blackberry, tangy citrus, melon, orange creamsicle, balanced bitterness / sweetness
Mouthfeel: medium carbonation, medium bodied, creamy, dry finish
I have made lots of single hop IPAs within the this past year &- actually, way over I have made "normal" IPAs having a standard mixture of American C-hops. It's generally assumed that single hop beers will not attain the complexity of the well-balanced hop blend, to be wondering: why bother? Well, Personally i think the easiest method to approach individuals careful, balance hop blends would be to understand each component by itself. And new hop varieties might not have probably the most useful or accurate descriptions due to the fact so couple of individuals have made together. plus, taste is subjective.
Off-shore Jewel is not really very new, however it never appears to possess acquired the next of other Southern Hemisphere hops. That We always felt was strange, since the descriptions of the one allow it to be seem quite unique from hops from the place in the world. Per my Hop Variety Guide. Off-shore Jewel is described most often as getting an "oaken woodsy character, having a blackberry aroma." That simply sounds strange and new and intriguing, does not it? I possibly could consider a variety of ways to use a hop by having an actual oaky character, combined with some wealthy blackberry notes. When i first attempted Off-shore Jewel inside a black IPA captured. combined with similar-sounding hops like Brewer's Gold. The beer arrived on the scene great, intensely drinkable and creamy, but my chief complaint for that batch was the dulled, indistinct hop character. I suspected the hops I'd selected &- being mostly forgotten and/or unpopular varieties &- were possibly not so aggressive in character, with flavors that will simply appear muted within an American IPA. But instead of abandon the concept, I made the decision I ought to obtain a better sense of these poor neglected hops by themselves.
Off-shore Jewel is really a Nz variety, and Nz hops are usually tropical fruit bombs. Which is a fruity hop, yes &- though maybe without the "explosive device" part. Upon opening my first in regards to a week . 5 after bottling, I had been shocked how similar this sampled to last year's Belma single hop IPA. Less good, however that batch had the benefit of Conan yeast behind it, and also the British yeast within this one make their presence known having a mild reputation of general British esters.
Within the first couple days, the hop character has morphed a great deal, losing a number of individuals distinct "strawberry" aromatics that my Belma IPA been on spades. In one character shift to another, I'd describe Off-shore Gem's primary character being an indistinct "berry medley" of sorts, with strawberry and blackberry there, but kind of hard to choose precisely. There's a little bit of citrus, a tangy quality that's like the tart berry character I recieve from Nelson Sauvin hops, and the other flavor I'd call orange / melon 'creamsicle', as it is much more of a sweet, chocolate-like form of individuals fruit notes.
Each one of these obviously blend together making for any hop that's rather hard to talk about meaningfully. Will be able to choose each one of these fruit notes (every so often, sometimes bottle to bottle) in no way signifies that Off-shore Jewel is full of them &- it's most likely the vaguest hop I have made with shortly. Again, the tastes are super nice enjoyable and that i enjoy them &- but they are muted and indistinct when compared with my personal favorite varieties. Would I personally use Off-shore Jewel again? Yes, but carefully. To begin with, the cost would need to be right &- a hop variety can be created or damaged through the cost per ounce and scarcity. Within an IPA, the majority of the popular hop varieties would absolutely bury this. It could add a fascinating, subtle character if utilized in the best proportions, though, specifically if you wanted a less-aggressive IPA to begin with. A summery light-but-well-jumped pale wheat ale will be a nice fit for Off-shore Jewel. Because of the fairly soft bitterness (despite its high Alpha Acids), Off-shore Jewel ought to be nice inside a stout, porter or brown ale, enabling you to carry the IBUs needed having a small early addition, adding additional at the end of for any subtle touch of unique hop character without stealing the show.
A couple of other notes: when i had just upon the market my stock of Conan yeast (it had been approaching annually since i have harvested it), I made the decision to test a completely new strain with this particular batch. There is a new dry yeast company in this area: Mangrove Jack, appropriately also from Nz. Hopefully at some point you will see a "Nz Ale yeast" native and offered from that wonderful country, until then, Mangrove Jack includes a promising type of dry yeast emulating popular strains from around the globe. As I have never quite were able to locate an British strain that actually wows me, I made the decision to provide their Burton Union yeast a try. It performed virtually as you could hope, with a few faint esters clouding the first bottles, but clearing up pretty fast next. No complaints there, and I will be while using yeast again for many more dark beers this fall.
Recipe-
4.25 Woman. All Grain
Brewhouse Efficiency: 76%
Mashed at 150 F for 65 minutes
Steamed for an hour
Fermented at 66 levels F
OG: 1.051
FG: 1.011
ABV: 5.2%
Malt-
80% 2-row malt
6.7% Golden Naked Oatmeal
6.7% Munich
6.7% CaraHell
Hop Schedule-
.5 oz Off-shore Jewel @FWH
.5 oz Off-shore Jewel @5 min
2 oz Off-shore Jewel hop are a symbol of 30 min
1.5 oz Off-shore Jewel dry hop for 8 days
1.5 oz Off-shore Jewel dry hop for five days
Yeast-
Mangrove Jack - Burton Union Dry British Ale Yeast
Bear-Flavored, you're among my personal favorite brew blogs around the internets, and that i convey more questions than I possibly could muster forth inside a sitting for you personally. I enjoy the colours of the beers in the photos, so far as I will tell, and that i would certainly prefer to ask - what is an essential color aspect of your pale ale/IPA recipes? Could it be the Munich, CaraHell, or even the golden naked oatmeal? The ruby hue is tantalizing!
Keep writing and brewing the great work!
Hey thanks, I truly appreciate that! Don't hesitate to ask the questions you want, and hopefully I'll have midway useful solutions!
That question is funny in my experience, when i think my IPAs / pale ales always emerge an impression more dark than I needed. I believe most from it may really function as the yeast I personally use &- although this one was an British strain, It's my job to use Conan, as well as in general I appear to make use of yeast that simply don't give up perfectly. That plus lots of dry-hopping and bottling right out the primary ensures they emerge a little cloudy and appear more dark than calculated. However, so far as the malts, I actually do tend to utilize a large amount of Munich and GNO (or sometimes wheat) within my IPAs, in most cases either CaraHell or CaraMalt. I believe all of them combine to include that goldish/amber malty hue towards the beer.