Apollo

[jyo]

Just havin a few of these this arvo.. still young under gas but I rekon for sure Apollo is a hop Im gunna play with a bit more... lovin this drop, will be better in a week, going to re-do this with Citra as a late (in) addition to the recipe posted above..

:icon_chickcheers: who loves finding a new hop to play with :icon_drunk:

Good to hear, Yob. I cracked my second keg the other night. Happy days.

Was reading this with interest and the flavour descriptions sounded similar to a beer I've just tried but couldn't pinpoint the hops. The beer is Magic Hat #9 Not Quite Pale Ale, so I looked up the website and it does indeed have Apollo along with Cascade. This particular brew is only 20 IBU's so I'm assuming the Apollo is a late addition. If you wanted to 'try before you buy' so to speak, I think this beer would give an indication of it's flavour.

edit: just had a bit more of a look around the Magic Hat website, and Apollo is definitely the hop of choice there. It's in nearly all their beers.

I couldn't stand any of the Magic Hat range and found the pale ale to be lacking in every respect, especially hop character. Mind you it did come from Woolworths so could've been poorly handled.

 

[mosto]

I couldn't stand any of the Magic Hat range and found the pale ale to be lacking in every respect, especially hop character. Mind you it did come from Woolworths so could've been poorly handled.

Can see where you're coming from jyo. It was discounted to $10.99 a six pack at Dan's the other day. I hadn't tried it so grabbed one. While it had enough hop character to make me wonder what it was, it was lacking in bitterness. If it was upped to 30-40 ibu's would make it quite a nice beer.

 

[DUANNE]

funny all i taste in that beer is the fake apricot flavours, fucken awfull if you ask me.