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Experimental YQH-1320 EXP
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“I’ve been brewing for decades and done sensory on lots of great hops that fell within the parameters I was looking for. But, until now, I hadn’t found the perfect aroma. YQH-1320 might be the one.”
– JD Hessemer, Director of Operations, Kohola Brewery
“There was a great evolution of the aromas coming off the vessel as I was incorporating the fresh hops. Big citrus was the first thing I got, with notes of orange peel and tangerine. That followed up with hints of pineapple, passionfruit and guava. I’m super excited to see how it develops in the tank!”
– Robin Johnson, Assistant Brewmaster, Deschutes Brewing (speaking about their wet hop beer)
“Our fresh hop pale ale turned out great! It was small volume, so it only stayed in our taprooms and sold extremely well!! We took our core pale ale which is 100% Mosaic and dry hopped it a second time with the 1320. We felt it added a bright, tropical, tangerine aspect to the aroma.”
– Anthony Tallman, Co-Founder/Head Brewer, Burgeon Beer Co.
“We did a big 7% Smash IPA with local pilsner malt. Genuinely, it’s amazing. …the best single hop beer we’ve ever made!
“YQH-1320 is a home run full of dank citrus rind, pine, and ripe white peach flavors. Smash beers…allow brewers to isolate ingredients on a blank canvas to study their aromas and flavors. Turns out, this new hop is downright delicious.”
– Nick Rowe, Director of Production and Sales, Booneshine Brewing Co.
“We did a big 7% Smash IPA with local pilsner malt. Genuinely, it’s amazing. …the best single hop beer we’ve ever made!
“YQH-1320 is a home run full of dank citrus rind, pine, and ripe white peach flavors. Smash beers…allow brewers to isolate ingredients on a blank canvas to study their aromas and flavors. Turns out, this new hop is downright delicious.”
– Nick Rowe, Director of Production and Sales, Booneshine Brewing Co.
“I just wanted to let you know how our 1320 beer came out.
First of all the pellet quality was excellent, with no musty off notes that I frequently get in low density pellets. I used them in a minimally malty 6% pale ale with 5.5 lb on the hot side and 16.5 lb in the dry hop of a 7 bbl batch. I thought the kettle character mostly blew off in fermentation, with some sulfury apricot and slightly sharp mouthfeel at 40ibu. Kinda like the Cluster character in some North Coast Brewing beers.
The dry hop character was super bright, sweet fruit with a resiny linger: peach preserves, lime sherbert, paw paw fruit, and mango Jolly Rancher. The dry hop lends a slightly sweet slickness to the mouthfeel that lingers a bit. The yeast was Lallemand East Coast Ale yeast, which likely resulted in a higher proportion of acetate esters. I’m interested in what a more neutral yeast might present.”
– Shane Mills, Co-Owner/Head Brewer, Cacapon Mountain Brewing
“Just wanted to let you know that our beer using the 1320 hops came out great. It’s been the top seller both here and at [another brewery], whom we collab’d with for the beer.
“We used YQH 1320 in a 7.3% New England IPA, all in whirlpool and dry hop, along with Mosaic. 1320 provided prominent tropical, citrus, and stone fruit flavor and aroma. Having heard the story behind 1320, that it was a wild hop discovered in the woods, I did not really have high expectations for this hop. However, it is truly a ‘new world’ hop begging to be added to your New England IPA.”
– Cory Smith, Co-Owner/Head Brewer, Black Pond Brews
“YQH-1320 is complex and well-balanced across tropical fruit flavors, especially Pineapple, Tangerine, and Mango. It has some wonderful New Zealand characteristics, and the alpha acid is in the sweet spot for me.”
– Aaron Stueck, Director of R&D, BJ’s Brewery.
“As the R&D brewer, I create lots of single hop beers. I often find that when we do a single hop, it’s usually missing something. With YQH-1320, it’s great on its own. Even as a single hop, it checks all the boxes for what people are looking for. I think it will also play well with other hop varieties, but it was definitely great on its own.”
– Aaron Stueck, Director of R&D, BJ’s Brewery
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