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Has anyone tried using Polaris hops?
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:30 am
by Ale's What Cures Ya
If so, how'd you like the end result? A new homebrew place has opened near me, and they have this seemingly beastly hop in stock.
I'd really like to make a single hop, single malt brew with it. Any recipe suggestions or prior experience with it?
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:52 am
by grub
haven't used it, but now i want to just to add another Megadeth-named brew to the list...
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:48 pm
by teichertbier
Polaris is a great hop. Tastes closer to an American hop than German. Lots of citrus flavour, with faint floral/earthy notes. Some have mentioned it tasting like mint, I didn't get too much of that. More candy-like though.
Here's my Single Hop Polaris IPA recipe,
5.5 gallon batch (and this was part of a parti-gyle brew day, so only first runnings were used)
12 lbs Weyermann Pale Ale Malt
1.5 lbs Munich I
1 lb Carared
2 oz Polaris @ 90 min.
2 oz @ 10 min.
2.5 oz @ 0
2.5 oz Dry-hop
Safale US05 (didn't leave myself enough time to find some Kolsch yeast to keep it all German!)
Overall it was excellent for flavour/aroma additions. Clean bitterness too. Down to my last few bottles, so it's no longer at it's freshest, but it's still tasting good. Definitely going to be using this hop again.
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 8:16 pm
by Ale's What Cures Ya
teichertbier wrote:Polaris is a great hop. Tastes closer to an American hop than German. Lots of citrus flavour, with faint floral/earthy notes. Some have mentioned it tasting like mint, I didn't get too much of that. More candy-like though.
Here's my Single Hop Polaris IPA recipe,
5.5 gallon batch (and this was part of a parti-gyle brew day, so only first runnings were used)
12 lbs Weyermann Pale Ale Malt
1.5 lbs Munich I
1 lb Carared
2 oz Polaris @ 90 min.
2 oz @ 10 min.
2.5 oz @ 0
2.5 oz Dry-hop
Safale US05 (didn't leave myself enough time to find some Kolsch yeast to keep it all German!)
Overall it was excellent for flavour/aroma additions. Clean bitterness too. Down to my last few bottles, so it's no longer at it's freshest, but it's still tasting good. Definitely going to be using this hop again.
Thanks for the recipe suggestion. I'm going to give it a whirl. Cheers!