Nelson Sauvin hops

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Nelson Sauvin hops

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I've used this hop only in very late and dry hop additions and like what it's brought to the beer, especially when mixed with Citra or Chinook. I'm thinking of doing a pale ale and adding this a bit earlier (20 minutes) and have read that some people get odd flavors when doing so. Since I've never used it any sooner than 5 minutes, I'm curious if anyone can tell what they got when using NS at earlier drops.
My early recipe has 1 oz at 20 and 3 oz at 5 minutes, with a small FWH of Chinook (.5 oz) then some Chinook and NS dry hopped. I may do a steep as well.
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I have used NS as early as @ 30, I have paired NS with Amarillo, flavor and aroma is fantastic.
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I've only used them in one recipe, a saison. I used them at 20 and 10 minutes. I like this recipe a lot and get a great, white grape flavor and aroma out of them. Almost like a wine for me. I bittered with falconers flight, so could't tell you what adding earlier would do. Good luck.
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I'm wanting to get more of a tropical flavor out of it which is why I don't want to bitterveith it.
I definitely get wine grapes from the few I've brewed so far. Enjoyable and different. But I'm going to use some light crystal and wheat in this one.



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I love them at 20, 10, 5, flameout, whirlpool/hopstand, dry hop.

Never tried to use them as a pure bittering hop in a long boil. Seems to me a waste of good hops.

That plum saison I made with them is one of the best beers I've made this year. Their flavor mixed with the plum juice and saison yeast incredibly well.
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I've used it as the primary hop in my pale ale for years now and never had a "weird" flavor from it. I only used Magnum as bittering because, as mashani put it, that seemed like a waste of good hops. I've used them at 30, 20, 15, 10, 5 and hopstands with no issues at all.

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Me thinks I'm going with NS and Amarillo on the next one. Don't know yet if I'll do a bittering addition of anything but might. That's the great thing about having so many hops in the freezer and brewing your own beer. I can, just like a little kid, change my mind over and over and over again.
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