Good hop to pair w/hull melon?

If you were actually looking, some Aussie hops have landed - http://www.yakimavalleyhops.com/Import_Hop_Pellets_2017_s/2053.htm - they still have 2 and 8 oz. left of galaxy now. The full lb. bags went quick, I guess.

 

thanks, ordered some Vic Secret. been dying to make a vic secret + mosaic after having that combo from Other Half last year.

 

Believe me, it will. Hull melon gets drowned out easily. Use hops with low AA% and moderate aroma/flavor profiles. Try Rakau.

 

I’m brewing an all Huell Melon Kolsch on Thursday. It will be awhile before it is ready but I will report back...for science.

 

Please do report back.

I enjoyed drinking Sixpoint Köld Schauer – a Kolsch.

Cheers!

 

I figured I would give an update on these hops. I have not gone in the keg yet, but my beer has made a weird turn once I started cold crashing it. I have used this same exact grain bill for over 10 neipas and have not had a single issue before, but here is what it now looks like since starting cold crash.

It turned a weird brownish red color and normally it's a nice bright orange juice color. I did everything exactly the same in my process and ingredients as my other neipas. Maybe I did something wrong somewhere, but the only difference in this beer and process is the hops from 47hops. I'm kind of lost here as I am about 95% sure I didn't make any mistakes. Does anyone have any insight to what caused this color I've never seen it happen before. The beer has been in the same vessel since the start and when i start cold crashing I always put a balloon full of co2 on the end of the blow off tube to prevent it from sucking in oxygen.

*edit* it has been 1 week since brew day**

 

I can't think of any reason why using differing hops would cause a darkening in color. I can think of only one reason for the why beer would be darker than expected but I'd rather not speak its name.

Hopefully the beer will taste OK despite the color change?

Cheers!

 

@TheBeerery o2 ingress?

 

Maybe the hop oil content wasn't high enough to bond with the yeast cells? Lack of bio-transformation? So everything dropped out, rather than remain in suspension, resulting in a darker appearance due to lack of particulate.

 

Maybe @Soneast is onto something here? Maybe it is just a case that the permahaze did not develop like it did in previous batches and therefore this batch has a darker appearance?

Cheers!

 

While possible I tend to think oxygenation happened somehow. I’d be interested in knowing how it tastes.

 

Well, that would be the 'acid test'. Hopefully @TooHopTooHandle will report back on that topic at a later date. And hopefully the report will be that the beer tastes OK.

Cheers!

 

I'm with Soneast on this one.
If you did the same process you always do. I doubt you have oxygen ingress. I'm more of the mind it's the hops you are using do not have the various science bits as the other hops various science unementionables which yeast can get involved with and cling onto.
You are in a different group of compounds which make up the aromatics, and the flavor profile.
Brewers are getting acclimated with this space by discovering bio transformation. But... Cannabis friendly sites do a far better job of breaking this down than hop providers for some reason.
re: https://www.leafly.com/news/cannabis-101/terpenes-the-flavors-of-cannabis-aromatherapy

 

I find it hard to believe its oxygen ingress since only being 7 days since pitching yeast and its stayed in the same vessel the whole time. I'm thinking the hop oils have something to do with it

 

Once I get it kegged I will report back on the results. Like I stated before I really think it's related to the hops. I have my neipa process down pretty solid.

 

If the difference is hop variety related my guess is that this is due to varying levels (and types?) of polyphenols vs. an essential oil aspect.

Cheers!

 

@JackHorzempa well I pulled a sample from the keg tonight. It's not fully carbed yet, but it def lacks big time in the hop character, is very muted, aroma is not there, and weak compared to my previous versions. For having 20oz of hops in this beer it should not taste/smell like this. The aroma is even muffled. I have made beers with 6oz of hops that expressed more character than this. I just ordered some hops from Yakima valley and will be doing the same exact grainbill, water chem, and same 8th gen London 1318. If it turns out the same with these new fresher hops then I know it's the yeast and it has taken a bad turn. The yeast or the hops is the only thing It can be. I am very familiar with this recipe/process so I know it's not that. I have to brew my saison next then I'll do the neipa again. I'll report back on what happens.