Get Er Brewed Slovenian Hops up for Review

[ManseMasher]

Hi All,

thinking of making a Slovenian IPA, anyone got any feedback yet? I know there'd be no finished beers made from this group yet, but if anyone can even let me know if there is a promising smell from the bag or the kettle post boil, it would be greatly appreciated,

It's the cardinal, wolf and cascade that I'm leaning towards,

ta very much,

I brewed this 3 weeks ago. It is sitting in bottles (has been for a week). Tried one on Wednesday, still green obviously but carbing nicely. The Wolf has given it a nice bitter edge, and although very young in the bottle the Bobek and Aurora have given it an almost fruity taste. Waiting to see how it develops. Oh, and instead of Maris Otter I used Irish pale.

[molc]

Order placed (Order #19373). Thanks!

[Blueshed]

Order placed (#19358)

Thank you.

[helmet]

Order #19386 placed for Wee County Brewers

[Blueshed]

Recived x9 50g bags of hops today.thank you very much and excellent service;  only put order in sunday morning.

[pob]

Order placed (#19407) for Garden County Brewers.

Thank you.

[cruiscinlan]

Order #19323 placed for Capital Brewers (i.e. me).

I will brew a SNPA style, bittering with Saaz, and using the Wolf, Cardinal & Cascade for aroma, flavour and dry hopping.

[helmet]

Us in the NCB are thinking of holding a competition based on the beers brewed with these hops.

No quite sure yet but it will be basically like the Smithwicks challenge:

Any malts/yeast but only the Slovenian hops. We may have to allow some simple bittering hops like Magnum (not sure yet). You could also buy some more fromGeB!

Style can be anything but given the hop varietys then its likely to be light summery ales/lagers etc.

When: Judging will be early summer
Bjcp: Very probably
Venue' Old Boro in Swords

More details to come after the next meeting (tomorrow)

Sounds like a plan!

[pob]

Us in the NCB are thinking of holding a competition based on the beers brewed with these hops.

No quite sure yet but it will be basically like the Smithwicks challenge:

Any malts/yeast but only the Slovenian hops. We may have to allow some simple bittering hops like Magnum (not sure yet). You could also buy some more fromGeB!

Style can be anything but given the hop varietys then its likely to be light summery ales/lagers etc.

When: Judging will be early summer
Bjcp: Very probably
Venue' Old Boro in Swords

More details to come after the next meeting (tomorrow)

Like the idea.

Them details ready yet, lads ?

(I know time can slow down a bit after the meets) 

[Will_D]

Re the competition:

We are hammering out the details over this weekend and at our next meet (O'Boro on the 9th) but it will be along the guidlines above with probably a date of last Saturday in May.

[ManseMasher]

An update for you. My brew is nearing 6 weeks in the bottle. There is a definite bitterness to it, which is fading slightly, but if I were to brew this again I would certainly go easier on the Wolf. The aroma though is amazing - almost strawberry with a citrus twang. Again, if I were to do this, more aroma hops (but that is my personal view - I like my beers, if they are to be hoppy, to smell like they have been hopped to within an inch of their life). Overall, a quaffable ale.....

[Will_D]

Just a reminder that the NCB sponsored competition registration sysstem is up and running.

Here the up to date rules and dates: http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/index.php/topic,15137.msg143667.html#msg143667

See here for the entry form: http://bit.ly/1UIqnqQ

Now, so far I have not seen many NHC reviews of these hops so here is my initial thoughts on 2 of the 3 varities I have. Note that the beers is only 4 days in the fermenter so flavours are yet to assessed:

Get'er'Brewed Styrian Hops Review

St. Cascade. 5.6%
Pellets very well formed, shinny, no dust to speak of. Hard and well compressed
Aroma: Fresh, refreshing citrus almost sherbet like aroma. Grapefruit acidic notes.

St. Dana. 11.5%
Pellets very well formed, less shinny and less dense than the Cascade. Slight dust present.
Aroma: Fresh citrus, hints of pine and resin. Warmer notes than the cascade.


St. Bobek. 5.2%
Yet to be opened!

[Bazza]

Currently doing a Saison using the Bobek,  Will. Just need to keg and dry hop with the remaining Bobeks, hopefully in a week from now.

It's my first attempt at a Saison but if it's not completely shite I promise to enter it for the comp.

Cheers,

- Barry

[Drum]

I finally got my hands on these last week, thanks to Get er brewed, Taf and Johnrm. The last leg of the NHC express to west cork (being myself) was a bit slow to get into the city. Haven't opened them yet but I'm planning to brew something with them tomorrow. Probably going to do an APA/IPA type thing and just wing it with the hops depending on what they taste and smell like.

[molc]

I've done a schwarzbier, Vienna smash and milk stout, all with the stryian Golding's. Plenty of herbal character coming through and bittering is spot on.