Belgrave Brewer's Hops c/o Yob

[Droopy Brew]

Double post.

 

[Yob]

love this ****...

harvest season is near, I expect my flower page to be filled next year by our own crew.. thats wild

 

[BKBrews]

I was going to hold off on trying this until it had fully carbed and cold conditioned a bit longer, but couldn't wait. I have finally kegged my session IPA that included the Chinook flowers from Belgrave.

This is my best beer to date. Came in at only 4.2% but full of flavour and very drinkable.

I will 100% be buying more flowers when they are in stock. Personal preference though, I will keep them for the kettle and will not dry hop with them. I didn't have any issues and they have given my beer a great flavour, they just soaked up more beer than I'm used to and we're harder to introduce to the wort (not mentioning how much space they took in the fermenter).

Great product guys - can't wait to try some other varieties [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

 

[Yob]

Were gunna give it a run, stay tuned.. you just may see some sooner rather than later

 

[Mardoo]

Finally got to do a Black "IPA" entirely with BB's Victoria, Chinook and Cluster (brewed with Yob on a very fun evening/early morning). I'll be pitching my first cube this weekend. It'll also be dry hopped with the same varieties of BB's flowers. First ferment will be on WY1217. Really stoked to try the final product!

 

[BKBrews]

Finally got to do a Black "IPA" entirely with BB's Victoria, Chinook and Cluster (brewed with Yob on a very fun evening/early morning). I'll be pitching my first cube this weekend. It'll also be dry hopped with the same varieties of BB's flowers. First ferment will be on WY1217. Really stoked to try the final product!

Have you dry hopped with whole flowers before? Any tips? I'm not adverse to trying it again, I just wasn't really prepared for the mountain of flowers opening up on top of my wort. 40g flowers is a LOT of space!

 

[Mardoo]

Very large hop bag with some cleaned and sanitised stainless steel bits or marbles in it to weight it down. Either that or dry hop in a keg under low-pressure CO2 and use one of these for when you transfer. Remember to put it on before transferring the beer into the keg! Keg would be preferred in my book.

 

[Yob]

seems there is on remaining bag of the Victoria..

Not on the site yet but firs in best dressed, postage only

 

[mofox1]

Me me?

 

[AJ80]

Me me?

You won't regret it. Me...well I'm impatiently waiting for my bottles of American Amber with Victoria flowers to carb up. Will be opening for the first time next weekend and will report back then.

 

[Yob]

Me me?

swapsies then..

taken

 

[Droopy Brew]

Pics...

 

[AJ80]

Am just cubing an American Amber ale with a healthy dose of Belgrave brewer's Victoria flowers. Went with warrior pellets at 60 mins, 1.1g/L of Victoria flowers at 10 mins and 2.3 g/L of Victoria flowers in the cube. Will be fermented with US-05.

I must say - having never smelled Victoria before they are delightfully pungent and fruity. Smell very very fresh and glad I've paired them with an Amber base. Massive thanks to Belgrave Brewer and Yob for making this happen.

Will report back once fermented and bottled. Quite excited about this beer.

The joys of waiting for bottle conditioning...

Now for the review: what an incredible hop. Have never brewed with Victoria before and I'm really glad I've gone with an American Amber ale. It has a really intriguing pungent 'dark' fruit, yet still citrusy aroma and flavour. Quite different and I'm really enjoying it. Really hoping my first year plant throws a few flowers, but I'm not convinced it will.

The freshness of these hops cannot be compared with commercial pellets. This is a freshness that only those who grew their own hops previously had access to. Would quite happily part with my hard earned for more of these flowers - well grown, well handled and well packaged. Thank you very much Belgrave Brewer and Yob for making this happen.

A quick question: why is it Victoria hops (which I believe are distinct from Victoria Secret) are not commercially grown more wildly? Is the plant itself not 100% agriculturally viable? Has me curious given how nice the flowers are to brew with.

 

[Mardoo]

Likely has to do with the commercial efficiencies of high-alpha hops. Since it's an older variety - which I would REALLY love to know more history of - it was probably developed in a time when aroma hops were a small sliver, if any, of the market. Hops being grown for late addition flavours and aroma has been pretty revolutionary for the hop industry. There are a lot of older hops, originally rejected for their "strange" aromas and flavours, that are being looked at again and some are getting solid acreage. However, that requires a local thriving craft beer industry, as in the States, for growers to think seriously about taking up space with aroma hops. We're absolutely getting there, or recently arrived. Apparently HPA is going to be focusing most of their energy on non-bittering hops.

 

[mofox1]

The joys of waiting for bottle conditioning...

Now for the review: what an incredible hop. Have never brewed with Victoria before and I'm really glad I've gone with an American Amber ale. It has a really intriguing pungent 'dark' fruit, yet still citrusy aroma and flavour. Quite different and I'm really enjoying it. Really hoping my first year plant throws a few flowers, but I'm not convinced it will.

The freshness of these hops cannot be compared with commercial pellets. This is a freshness that only those who grew their own hops previously had access to. Would quite happily part with my hard earned for more of these flowers - well grown, well handled and well packaged. Thank you very much Belgrave Brewer and Yob for making this happen.

A quick question: why is it Victoria hops (which I believe are distinct from Victoria Secret) are not commercially grown more wildly? Is the plant itself not 100% agriculturally viable? Has me curious given how nice the flowers are to brew with.

Great review... I plan on kettle & cube hopping a Rye IPA on sunday with these flowerz (blessed be thy grower and thy dealer).

I'll let you know in fricken ages for the review as well...

 

[Belgrave Brewer]

The joys of waiting for bottle conditioning...

Now for the review: what an incredible hop. Have never brewed with Victoria before and I'm really glad I've gone with an American Amber ale. It has a really intriguing pungent 'dark' fruit, yet still citrusy aroma and flavour. Quite different and I'm really enjoying it. Really hoping my first year plant throws a few flowers, but I'm not convinced it will.

The freshness of these hops cannot be compared with commercial pellets. This is a freshness that only those who grew their own hops previously had access to. Would quite happily part with my hard earned for more of these flowers - well grown, well handled and well packaged. Thank you very much Belgrave Brewer and Yob for making this happen.

A quick question: why is it Victoria hops (which I believe are distinct from Victoria Secret) are not commercially grown more wildly? Is the plant itself not 100% agriculturally viable? Has me curious given how nice the flowers are to brew with.

Thanks for the kind words AJ80, so glad you are enjoying the Victoria.

HPA pulled Victoria along with other bittering hops to make space for more flavouring/aroma hops. Landline did a segment on HPA and the hop growing industry and mentioned Vitcoria and POR being pulled. It was grown for bittering purposes, but as Mardoo said, it might not have been looked at for it's other abilities. Victoria shares the same mother as Galaxy.

 

[Droopy Brew]

BB, I have another 40g of each Victoria and Cascade and will make an Amber next weekend.

Just wondering what AA% I should assume the Cascade is at? I work with 10% for the Vic, perhaps 6% for the cascade?

 

[Belgrave Brewer]

BB, I have another 40g of each Victoria and Cascade and will make an Amber next weekend.

Just wondering what AA% I should assume the Cascade is at? I work with 10% for the Vic, perhaps 6% for the cascade?

Sorry mate, I did not see your post until now. Yeah, 5-6%.