Apian V
Watts Brewing Company

Hops: Comet

That's it. Just Comet. We get to work with a lot of tremendous hop varieties, each with their own strengths, weaknesses and particular uses, but not very often do we encounter a hop that can carry a beer on it's own. Comet is one of those hops.

Released in 1974, Comet was actually bred as a bittering hop, but it fell out of favor with lager breweries due to it's aggressive flavor and aroma. Which is exactly what we want. Comet is an uninhibited expression of American hop character, boasting all the grapefruit, pine and citrus qualities that are exhaustively sought out and dissected by hop breeders, but here they are all rolled up in the same hop cone. When you get a chance to work with raw materials like this, you don't pass it up. And if you get a chance to get this beer in your glass, don't pass it up.