I made 12 gallons of wort with 20# Durst Pils malt. split it into 2 batches and boiled 6 gals ith N.Z. Motueka (8.6% ) and the other 6 gals. with Rogue Revolution hops (5.4%), both with 8.6 HBU's at the start of a 90 min boil, then 1/2 oz at 30 min., 1/2 oz. at 10 mins. and 1 1/2 oz. at knockout. Both were fermented with White Labs Bock Lager yeast. O.G. 1.052 F.G. 1.010. I took the finished beer to the local homebrew club meeting to get some adjectives to throw at these 2 hops that seem to be pretty under utilized:
Motueka: "earthy, mushroomy, forest floor. "shrimpy !?!" i would say that it is like a phenolic Chinook, really unpleasant and i wouldn't use it again, it may have turned me off to N.Z. hops...i have 6 oz. of Riwaka that i am afraid to use now. Any reviews?
Rogue Revolution; one of 6 strains grown be Rogue: the comments tended to be centered on "American grown noble hops, similar to an American grown Tettnang or maybe similar to Sterling, very subtle.., one commenter said that it was a first place CAP" it's a subtle if non descript hop but i would use it again...
anybody else use these hops and have any input?
p.s. should i call my 1.056 Scottish Ale a 80 Shilling or a 90 Shilling?
