@DenkerNZ
New Zealander here. Nectaron was pretty easy to get was it was still a trial hop here, and was available for many years. It was pretty popular, locally considered the 'NZ Mosaic' - that is a great pairing and single hop. Last year NZ Hops lost exclusive rights to Nelson Sauv, which means growers outside the co-operative could now plant and sell it. As a result, they needed a new cash cow. Nectaron (and now Superdelic) is it. They marketed it hard to the American brewers, even down to how it was named. Previously their hops were named after hop growing regions in NZ, which meant they all had Māori names. Those were hard to market to the American audience, who can't pronounce the names at all. The hard pitch to the American brewers has had quite a negative impact on local hop supplies. NZ is a small country, and produces a relatively tiny amount of hops. As it stands, only a small portion of those hops are earmarked for local distribution. Why sell at a lower price at home when American brewers are frothing at the mouth for the stuff? NZ Hops doesn't even supply to homebrew stores any more: Previously stores could buy these hops in bulk and then repackage into smaller lots. NZ Hops doesn't allow that anymore. They personally supply a limited amount of pre-packaged smaller quantities, as the 'bulk' packages are purely for breweries and (majorly) for export. It means at the homebrew scale these hops are now very expensive and usually just straight up out of stock. Previously our most expensive hops were the popular American varieties (Citra, Mosaic etc.) The prices on those haven't gone down, but ironically that's cheaper to buy now than Nectaron, Superdelic or Nelson Sauv. NZ Hops have also struck a deal with Yakima Valley Hops, allowing YKV to produce Cryo versions of the popular NZ Hops - these products also never make it back to NZ. I can get Cryo Citra but not Cryo NZ Hops here. All of this stuff tends to happen to most NZ commodities. Our economy is export driven, but man does it suck for locals to compete with the export market economy. Can often buy NZ products (Lamb, Beef, Milk, Hops) for cheaper overseas than you can in New Zealand. It's a common complaint here.
@gerardnatale2387
I think I will try pairing Verdant dry yeast with Nectaron when I get a chance. Thanks Steve!
@dneff306
Really good video! Alot of detail with the water profile really appreciate the time you took to thoroughly go over everything!!
@jkwynn87
Just brewed two beers using Nectaron. The first was a session hazy with Belma, and now I've got a NZ Pilsner conditioning in my kegerator now. I'll update with how the pilsner turned out!
@XkannsenX
i tried nectaron + nelson sauvin in a heavy loaded hazy with voss yeast. Very nice.
@TheRubinio1980
I have since brewed this recipe three times with the WLP London Fog Ale 066 and must say that this beer is truly fantastic! I did increase the amount of hops during the dry hop eventually and it really is totally awesome now. Very happy with this one thanks for sharing!
@user-luminlush999
New microphone is awesome. Clear deep notes and no jitter!
@yovaalvarado9773
fantastic color, thanks for the Ascorbic Acid tip, I have been writing recipes for using this Nectaron Hop, which is very expensive here n Europe, but since I love fruity beers I guess, I'll give it a try
@mikes1430
I just watched video and I love the color. I wouldn’t change the base malt at all.
@nb561
I just did a very clear non-hazy maris otter based beer with some nectaron. also had like 4% c40 and some similar amount of carapils plus a dash of Munich- it gave me a juiced up west coast. London fog yeast is a beast - gave me big juicy character but it also cleared up well just with some Irish moss. No haze but silky body. Happy with the nectaron I got
@WinSchutten
A dutch craft brewery called Jopen has a monthly edition of craft beer going. Every month they come out with a different specialty beer. My favorite one was one made with specifically pacific hops.. I couldn't quite put a handle on what made it my favorite though. My best guess was that it held the perfect balance between flavor coming from the malt, bitterness from boiled hops and sweetness from unboiled hops.. This definitely sounds like a good attempt to recreate that.
@joelynch889
Nectaron hops are sooo good. Twisted Fate in Danvers has an excellent example called Heroes.
@russellzauner
That moment when you want to drink a thumbnail
@brewing8094
Nectaron is nice as a single hop IPA , the other new hop been Superdelic works very well in a West Coast IPA with classic hops. Some new types of specialty malts I like using Supernova as a good replacement for crystal malts with less sweetness and ads a good colour depth to many beer styles.
@ItsReck1
Been using Ascorbic acid for a hot minutes been doing 3 to 5 grams though and using that brewtan b. Really been trying to push shelf stability with the ipas and it seems to have been working. Also Nectaron is a dope hop. Easily the most expensive hop out there so I won’t be doing any single hops with it haha 😂 already use 8 ounces for my hazy ipa with it.
@ElementaryBrewingCo
That color looks beautiful!!! Love Nectaron hops too, cheers 🍻
@user-luminlush999
Very interested in this recipe!
@The_Bearded_B
Beer sounds amazing, the voice over sounded good dare I say professional. Love the videos
@gvolpe87
Thanks again for sharing your experience, I've already learned a lot from your videos (already subbed)! I recently brewed two Hazy IPAs mostly with Nelson and Nectaron, and a little bit of Citra Cryo on the hot side. One with Verdant IPA and another with WLP4044 (Hazy Daze II), and the former was way better IMO, so I'll continue to use Verdant's yeast for the next brews. Cheers!
@TheApartmentBrewer