What to do with Nelson Sauvin

[JonoT]

Hi,

Just been given an open bag of Nelson Sauvin, I think about 200g. As its open I need to use it quickly so was going to brew a beer on Saturday, but don't know what to brew and need some ideas on how to put it to good use....

All ideas welcome!

Thanks

JonoT

[Dennis King]

Great tasting hop, I tend to use most towards the end of the brew.

[Spud395]

Thornbridge Kipling has lots of Nelson, maybe all nelson, lovely hop.
Pale or amber ale, bitter to whatever level you want and chuck in loads late and dry hop with nelson, great beer

[Capn Ahab]

chuck in loads late and dry hop with nelson, great beer

+1 to this. I don't like any of the single hop brews I've tried with Nelson and I don't think it works too well as a bitterer, but it is pretty damn awesome as a late or dry hop.

[Skittlebrau]

Do this!

[JonoT]

Thanks guys for the ideas, So Nelson Sauvin has a late hops, any recomdations for a battering hop to go with NS?

Thanks

JonoT

[Spud395]

Magnum is great bittering hop with most everything as it is very neutral.
My latest NS brew I used Pacific Gem to bitter and it really did work well also

[Skittlebrau]

I have used NS for bittering in most of my brews so far (just because it's what I had) and I have no complaints about it.

[DaveyT]

Sorry to hijack the post, but can I ask: would an all-Nelson beer work as a blond or does it need darkening?
Bought 100g of NS looking to make a passion-fruity blond ale but not quite sure if I've got the right hop.

David

[Skittlebrau]

I can't see why it wouldn't be great.

[DaveyT]

Great stuff, thanks a lot.
Just got to get round to brewing it!

David

[richc]

Works really well as an all late hop brew, don't add anything until the last 20 minutes of the boil, then add loads.....

[critch]

Do this!

thats the kipling clone as posted by a man in the know....

ns works great in a pale ale......

[floydmeddler]

I did this: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=51233 Pretty potent at the min. Not sure if I made the right decision yet. Will report back in 5 weeks or so...

[JonoT]

Sorry for the delay in posting this, this is the recipe i made, single hop NS. based around Kipling, using grains i already had, however changed the hop quantities to use up the open packet of NS i been given, we will see what its like in a month or so time!:-

Lord Nelson
Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 11 lbs. 0.4 oz 5000 grams 97.7%
Crystal Malt 130 EBC 0 lbs. 4.2 oz 120 grams 2.3%

Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Nelson Sauvin Whole 12.9 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 0.9 oz 27 grams 18.9%
Nelson Sauvin Whole 12.9 % 30 mins 0 lbs. 1.2 oz 35 grams 24.5%
Nelson Sauvin Whole 12.9 % 0 mins 0 lbs. 2.8 oz 81 grams 56.6%

Final Volume: 30 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.038
Final Gravity: 1.009
Alcohol Content: 3.8% ABV
Total Liquor: 41.1 Litres
Mash Liquor: 12.8 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 59.4430791337057 EBU
Colour: 10 EBC