Nectaron 1kg

Freshly packed 2024 hops, packed in 4x250g resealable packs. Limited stock available Delivery late May

A Dual Purpose Hop

Intense tropical pineapple, passion fruit and stone fruit characters.
Passionately crafted over 17 years, Nectaron® displays high levels of tropical fruit characters of pineapple and passion fruit as well as stone fruit (peach) and citrus (grapefruit).

Breeding:
A triploid aroma type developed in collaboration with New Zealand's Plant & Food Research. Nectaron® Brand HORT4337 is a full sister to Waimea.

Selection:
First impressions are an intense tropical fruit and citrus aroma during selection.

Brewing:
Nectaron® provides an intense mix of distinctive pineapple stone fruit citrus that lends itself perfectly to a range of beer styles including NEIPA, IPA, Pale Ales and Lagers. Nectaron is best used late or when dry hopping and has proven itself as an award winning hop, delivering a consistent dose of high quality tropical hop character every time.

Applications:
Lagers, Pale Ales, IPA's, NEIPA and modern beer styles.

Beta Acid: 4.5-5.0%
Cohumulone: 26 -28%%
Uses:
Not clearly defined as new varieties always find many applications as brewers become familiar with various nuances and behaviours. Given this hops big flavour and aroma characteristics most brewing trials have focussed on the production of bigger styles such as IPA’s where late hop additions, including cold side have displayed pronounced fruity hop characters to produce hop forward beers.

Aroma:
Intense tropical fruit and citrus aroma characters evident during selection.
Total Oil 1.7 ml / 100 grams (DWB)
Myrcene 60 %
Humulene 16%
Caryophyllene 4.5%
Farnasene 0.2%
Linalool 0.6%
Citrus-Piney 4.3%
H/C Ratio 3.64