GeterBrewed Slovenian Hops - Belfast Reviews

[Bazza]

Hi guys,

Just wanted to start a thread to track our assessments of the Slovenian hops from GEB.

In all the frenzied flurry of white bags being passed around last night, in scenes reminiscent of Goodfellas, I forgot to dig a pen out and note who took what, so I've started a grid below, if you could add your name in the appropriate spaces (just write your name over the text 'hop#1' or 'hop#2' to try and maintain the table structure).

Hop Variety	50g Bag#1	50g Bag#2
Styrian Aurora	Aurora#11	Aurora#2
Styrian Goldings Celia	Bazza (TBC)	Celia#2
Savinjski Goldings	Savinjski#1	Savinjski#2
Styrian Bobek	Bazza	Bobek#2
Styrian Dana	Dana#1	Dana#2
Styrian Cardinal	Cardinal#1	Cardinal#2
Styrian Eureka	Eureka#1	Eureka#2
Styrian Wolf	Wolf#1	Wolf#2
Styrian Cascade	Cascade#1	Cascade#2

Remember; GEB aren't looking for some huge wordy Dickens-esque description of the hops; a sentence or two just noting how you used it, aroma, taste and overall impression will be grand.

As homeworks go, it's not the worst


Cheers,

-Barry



Here's a reminder of the characteristics of each hop (not ripped off from Will_D's NCB post at all)

#1: Styrian Aurora 2015 8.8%
Aaroma hop variety of high quality, high contents of bitter substances, excellent bitterness and aroma. The hop gives a great, mellow tropical fruit flavour and aroma, along with a slight herbal flavour. Great for a summer ale and with enough character of its own to stand up in a single hop beer.

#2: Styrian Goldings Celia 2015 3.8%
Celeia has distinctive perfume pine, lemon, citrus hoppy character it is fabulous aroma hop for dry hopping ales

#3: Savinjski Goldings 2015 2.5%
Noble hop aroma and pleasant bitterness. Delicate, slightly spicy aroma. Use in English ale, Belgian ale, any lager or pilsner.

#4: Styrian Bobek 2015 5.2%
Intense and pleasant with floral and hop overtones. Typical beer styles include; English style Ale, ESB, Lager, Pilsner.

#5: Styrian Dana 2015 11.5%
Dana provides a subtle Floral & Citrus Character, very aromatic, pleasant and robust hop aroma

#6: Styrian Cardinal 2015 9.2% **New Hop**
Apple, pineapple, tropical fruits, passion fruit, strawberries, anise.

#7: Styrian Eureka 2015 9.9%**New Hop**
Pleasing flavour, reach creamy taste, hint Lychee flavour.

#8: Styrian Wolf 2015 13.6% **New Hop**
Tropical fruits, blueberries, melon, raspberries, elderflower, violet.

#9: Styrian Cascade 2015 5.6% **New hop to Slovenia**
Floral Citrus & Grapefruit

[irish_goat]

Hop Variety	50g Bag#1	50g Bag#2
Styrian Aurora	Aurora#11	Aurora#2
Styrian Goldings Celia	Bazza (TBC)	Celia#2
Savinjski Goldings	Savinjski#1	Savinjski#2
Styrian Bobek	Bazza	Bobek#2
Styrian Dana	Dana#1	Dana#2
Styrian Cardinal	Cardinal#1	Cardinal#2
Styrian Eureka	Eureka#1	Eureka#2
Styrian Wolf	IrishGoat	Wolf#2
Styrian Cascade	Cascade#1	Cascade#2

[robotmonkey]

Hop Variety	50g Bag#1	50g Bag#2
Styrian Aurora	Robotmonkey	Aurora#2
Styrian Goldings Celia	Bazza (TBC)	Celia#2
Savinjski Goldings	Savinjski#1	Savinjski#2
Styrian Bobek	Bazza	Robotmonkey
Styrian Dana	Dana#1	Dana#2
Styrian Cardinal	Cardinal#1	Cardinal#2
Styrian Eureka	Eureka#1	Eureka#2
Styrian Wolf	IrishGoat	Robotmonkey
Styrian Cascade	Cascade#1	Cascade#2

[Ciaran]

Hop Variety	50g Bag#1	50g Bag#2
Styrian Aurora	Robotmonkey	Aurora#2
Styrian Goldings Celia	Bazza (TBC)	Ciaran
Savinjski Goldings	Savinjski#1	Savinjski#2
Styrian Bobek	Bazza	Robotmonkey
Styrian Dana	Dana#1	Dana#2
Styrian Cardinal	Cardinal#1	Cardinal#2
Styrian Eureka	Ciaran	Eureka#2
Styrian Wolf	IrishGoat	Robotmonkey
Styrian Cascade	Ciaran	Cascade#2

[banjobrew]

Hop Variety	50g Bag#1	50g Bag#2
Styrian Aurora	Robotmonkey	Aurora#2
Styrian Goldings Celia	Bazza (TBC)	Ciaran
Savinjski Goldings	Gareth	Savinjski#2
Styrian Bobek	Bazza	Robotmonkey
Styrian Dana	Dana#1	Dana#2
Styrian Cardinal	Gareth	Cardinal#2
Styrian Eureka	Ciaran	Gareth
Styrian Wolf	IrishGoat	Robotmonkey
Styrian Cascade	Ciaran	Cascade#2

My bag of Goldings say "Styrian Goldings".

[Bazza]

Hop Variety	50g Bag#1	50g Bag#2
Styrian Aurora	Robotmonkey	Aurora#2
Styrian Goldings Celia	Celia#1	Ciaran
Savinjski Goldings	Gareth	Bazza
Styrian Bobek	Bazza	Robotmonkey
Styrian Dana	Dana#1	Dana#2
Styrian Cardinal	Gareth	Cardinal#2
Styrian Eureka	Ciaran	Gareth
Styrian Wolf	IrishGoat	Robotmonkey
Styrian Cascade	Ciaran	Cascade#2

Just checked and updated. This look more correct, Gareth?

-Barry

[sub82]

Hop Variety	50g Bag#1	50g Bag#2
Styrian Aurora	Robotmonkey	sub82
Styrian Goldings Celia	Celia#1	Ciaran
Savinjski Goldings	Gareth	Bazza
Styrian Bobek	Bazza	Robotmonkey
Styrian Dana	Dana#1	Dana#2
Styrian Cardinal	Gareth	Cardinal#2
Styrian Eureka	Ciaran	Gareth
Styrian Wolf	IrishGoat	Robotmonkey
Styrian Cascade	Ciaran	Cascade#2

[banjobrew]

This is what I have. Confusion over.

[Ryan]

Hop Variety	50g Bag#1	50g Bag#2
Styrian Aurora	Robotmonkey	sub82
Styrian Goldings Celia	Celia#1	Ciaran
Savinjski Goldings	Gareth	Bazza
Styrian Bobek	Bazza	Robotmonkey
Styrian Dana	Ryan	Dana#2
Styrian Cardinal	Gareth	Ryan
Styrian Eureka	Ciaran	Gareth
Styrian Wolf	IrishGoat	Robotmonkey
Styrian Cascade	Ciaran	Ryan

[Ciaran]

Should we get a few entries together between us for this
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/index.php/topic,15087.0.html

[molc]

Should we get a few entries together between us for this
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/index.php/topic,15087.0.html

Yes, yes ye should

[robotmonkey]

Sounds good, plenty of time to get a club tasting beforehand as well

[Will_D]

Great stuff, have confirmed the date with the Old Boro, and just registered with BJCP.

The main comp. thread is now here:

http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/index.php/topic,15137.0.html

BTW: Really wish I was up there on Saturday - hope all goes well - which I am sure it will

Cheers

Will

[sub82]

Great idea for a comp! Wish we'd thought of it!! 

[robotmonkey]

The Great Quintessential Slovenian Ales Competition