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Anyone used Zappa hops or tried a beer made with them?

I'm thinking of ordering them and experimenting, but can find pretty much
zero on them. Sierra Nevada made a single hop beer with them, but it's not sold where I am. Can't find anything on homebrewtalk.com about them.

The brief description I've seen is "Passionfruit, mint, spice, tropical fruits, and fruity pebbles" and they are evidently bred in part from a wild Mexican variety of hops.

I'm going to guess nobody has, but thought I'd throw it out there....
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On 1/5/2019 1:56 PM, Baloonon wrote:

Anyone used Zappa hops or tried a beer made with them?

I'm thinking of ordering them and experimenting, but can find pretty much zero on them. Sierra Nevada made a single hop beer with them, but it's not sold where I am. Can't find anything on homebrewtalk.com about them.

The brief description I've seen is "Passionfruit, mint, spice, tropical fruits, and fruity pebbles" and they are evidently bred in part from a wild Mexican variety of hops.

I'm going to guess nobody has, but thought I'd throw it out there....

You can get the complete profile here: https://www.yakimavalleyhops.com/product_p/hopszappa1-2018crop.htm


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Tom Biasi <tombiasi@optonline.net> wrote:

On 1/5/2019 1:56 PM, Baloonon wrote:

Anyone used Zappa hops or tried a beer made with them?

I'm thinking of ordering them and experimenting, but can find pretty
much zero on them. Sierra Nevada made a single hop beer with them,
but it's not sold where I am. Can't find anything on homebrewtalk.com
about them.

The brief description I've seen is "Passionfruit, mint, spice,
tropical fruits, and fruity pebbles" and they are evidently bred in
part from a wild Mexican variety of hops.

I'm going to guess nobody has, but thought I'd throw it out there....

You can get the complete profile here: https://www.yakimavalleyhops.com/product_p/hopszappa1-2018crop.htm

Thanks. I loved the bit further down that says "he still finds himself
adding descriptors."

It sounds wild, but something like that doesn't always play well with other hops. I took a pass on it in my most recent hop order, but maybe I'll try
it in a small batch in a while.

Medusa is another Neomexicanus variety. There seem to be a lot more people
who have used it, and it's gotten a lot of positive takes. However, it's supposed to be a different beast, despite somewhat similar origins. I'll
keep both in mind.
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On 1/6/2019 3:13 PM, Baloonon wrote:

Tom Biasi <tombiasi@optonline.net> wrote:

On 1/5/2019 1:56 PM, Baloonon wrote:

Anyone used Zappa hops or tried a beer made with them?

I'm thinking of ordering them and experimenting, but can find pretty
much zero on them. Sierra Nevada made a single hop beer with them,
but it's not sold where I am. Can't find anything on homebrewtalk.com
about them.

The brief description I've seen is "Passionfruit, mint, spice,
tropical fruits, and fruity pebbles" and they are evidently bred in
part from a wild Mexican variety of hops.

I'm going to guess nobody has, but thought I'd throw it out there....

You can get the complete profile here:
https://www.yakimavalleyhops.com/product_p/hopszappa1-2018crop.htm

Thanks. I loved the bit further down that says "he still finds himself
adding descriptors."

It sounds wild, but something like that doesn't always play well with other hops. I took a pass on it in my most recent hop order, but maybe I'll try
it in a small batch in a while.

Medusa is another Neomexicanus variety. There seem to be a lot more people who have used it, and it's gotten a lot of positive takes. However, it's supposed to be a different beast, despite somewhat similar origins. I'll
keep both in mind.

We won't get much info until people start using it.
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