Hop Thief 8

[Bribie G]

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[TheWiggman]

I believe Crystal are the hops used in Corona. I've never tried them, but I've certainly tried (and love) cluster. Might have to give this a whirl.

 

[shacked]

Has anyone tried one yet?

 

[technobabble66]

I believe Crystal are the hops used in Corona..

They use hops in Corona?![emoji185]

In all seriousness, I assumed it was an hops extract they used to avoid skunking given they also use clear bottles.
And the fact I've not really tasted any hops from a corona. Though I'm happy to say it's been many years since I had one.
Happy to be corrected.

 

[Autopilot]

Crystal and centennial used in SN Torpedo.

 

[find_another_slave]

Has anyone tried one yet?

Yes. I found it much better than 7. It does look quite golden/pale, as suggested.

 

[Bribie G]

Corona uses Galena, in extract form. There's an episode of Megafactories devoted to Corona, and it shows them pouring in the sticky goop into some vessel.
I once did a Corona clone for a rellie, turned out great but I think I may have overhopped the Galena a tad - I went berserk and used 11 grams.

 

[mofox1]

Corona uses Galena, in extract form. There's an episode of Megafactories devoted to Corona, and it shows them pouring in the sticky goop into some vessel.
I once did a Corona clone for a rellie, turned out great but I think I may have overhopped the Galena a tad - I went berserk and used 11 grams.

Watch it... Dangerously close to taste threshold there

I do enjoy the odd Corona now and then, it's a time/place thing. Unfortunately also way OT for this thread.

 

[Samuel Adams]

A mate of mine brought a sixer of these over and gave me a try and I have to say it's pretty decent.

I thought it was magnum bringing the flavour to SN Torpedo but I now realise it's the crystal hops that I love, beautiful hop !!

 

[mosto]

Grabbed a case of this the other day. Not a bad drop. Not as good as 7 IMO, but pretty decent for $60

 

[doctr-dan]

I enjoyed 6 when it first hit the shelves but then it seem to taste different after it was out for a bit.
7 did nothing for me
8 also did nothing.
Maybe my taste buds are off but I find they could pack a little more punch

 

[Mattrox]

I am trying 8 tonight.

& wasn't much chop for me. I really liked 6. But I think 8 is good too.


I mean the hop combinations are good, but I think they could use more flavour and aroma additions in 6 and 8 to make them really really good.

 

[LorriSanga]

Dans as sixers of this for $12.
**** it! So I tried my 1st Hop Thief.....wasn't really good. Had soapy mouth feel, defs not from the wheat.

 

[mikec]

Drinkable but a bit too sweet for me. Just like 7, 6...

 

[MHB]

According to the recipe in BYO, which had input from the SN brewers Torpedo
Bittering - Magnum at 60 minutes
Taste - Magnum & Crystal at 5 minutes (28g each)
Dry Hop - Magnum, Crystal & Citra Dry Hoped (19g each)
All for a 5US Gal ~20L batch

The hops in Corona are as far as I know all extract, probably pre-isomerised and UV stabilised (see Tetra, Hexa, Hydro) so what they are made from is totally irrelevant, these extracts have no varietal character - just bitterness. So I suspect the hop are very carefully selected on price.
Topaz - the Australian variety - holds the world record for kg of Alpha/ Hectare, it was developed as an Extract producing variety, personally I quite like it as both a bittering and late hop.
Mark

 

[BKBrews]

Grabbed a case of this the other day. Not a bad drop. Not as good as 7 IMO, but pretty decent for $60

I'm with you on this one. 7 was the first in the series that I had, but I've since had the 8 and didn't like it as much.

 

[Dave70]

What ever happened to hop thief 2,3 and 4?

 

[drsmurto]

I'm getting batch variations in Hop Thief 8. Bought a case a month ago and it was nice but lacked a late hop character. Bought more last night and there is a distinct dry hop character. I like the firmer bitterness in this version. At $12 for a 6 pack this month at Dan's it's a nice drop.

 

[BKBrews]

I'm getting batch variations in Hop Thief 8. Bought a case a month ago and it was nice but lacked a late hop character. Bought more last night and there is a distinct dry hop character. I like the firmer bitterness in this version. At $12 for a 6 pack this month at Dan's it's a nice drop.

I actually found that with the last carton of the 7 I bought. The first dozen or so had a very crisp bitterness with minimal dry hop character (maybe a bit on the nose), but the last 6 or so had a distinct dry hopped grassiness to them.

 

[Brewman_]

Went hunting the Hop Thief 8, as I wanted to add the recipe to BrewBuilder. They didn't have it.

The local only had the 7. So I put that recipe up on Brewbuilder as well as Hop Thief 6.

As soon as I get a 8 I'll put it up too.

Cheers Steve