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Riwaka

Post by D4nny74 » Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:28 am

Hi all

Trying to get my hands on some riwaka hops, but for the life of me can't find any , anyone have any ideas who sell them

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Re: Riwaka

Post by sbond10 » Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:03 pm

These ship to uk apprently https://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/det ... p?PID=1006
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Re: Riwaka

Post by Dads_Ale » Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:39 pm

I got some from here at the end of last year, not used them yet though.

They will only let you order 400g though. Think it came to about £24 including shipping

http://www.brewshop.co.nz/hops/hops-riwaka.html
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Re: Riwaka

Post by D4nny74 » Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:14 pm

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Re: Riwaka

Post by D4nny74 » Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:23 pm

Now I just hope they turn up lol
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Re: Riwaka

Post by D4nny74 » Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:15 pm

They turned up :-)

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Re: Riwaka

Post by sbond10 » Tue Feb 23, 2016 11:02 pm

Bloody quicker than royal mail
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Re: Riwaka

Post by phil.dadd » Mon Mar 14, 2016 2:37 pm

Hehe, just brought a kilo of Riwaka back with me from NZ :-D
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Re: Riwaka

Post by critch » Tue Mar 15, 2016 4:51 pm

really? we were told by Charles farams that it was no longer available and the bines had been grubbed, whats the crop year on the packaging?

I really hope its available again I shall make enquiries [-o<
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Re: Riwaka

Post by simon12 » Tue Mar 15, 2016 7:32 pm

According to this the 2015 harvest was 9100Kg http://www.luke.co.nz/2015/05/2015-new- ... p-harvest/
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Re: Riwaka

Post by phil.dadd » Fri Mar 18, 2016 2:12 pm

Mine is 2015 harvest...
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Re: Riwaka

Post by D4nny74 » Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:07 pm

Will check mine when am back home
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Riwaka

Post by GarethHW » Mon Mar 21, 2016 9:38 pm

I got some from SteveJ, he ordered them from the same nz place as dads ale, above. Not used them yet. Planning a nice Pilsner based brew with riwaka and sorachi ace. Light and lemony.

Read an article that said that since they were introduced the quality of successive harvests has declined rapidly to the point where few commercial brewers are using them now, and as a result they are becoming harder to find.
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Re: Riwaka

Post by phil.dadd » Tue Mar 22, 2016 11:19 am

Yeah I heard that the quality had dropped a bit. Though, to be fair the new ones I have smell fantastic. The main issue with Riwaka I believe is the low yield... Loads of breweries in NZ use it, it's in lots of beers over there (they don't export Riwaka anymore, so don't expect to find an overseas brewery using it).
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Re: Riwaka

Post by raiderman » Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:50 pm

I had them once a couple of years ago. Beautiful grapefruit like flavour.
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