Moutere
aroma · New Zealand
New Zealand aroma hop with a distinctive dual character: clean, resinous bittering base alongside tropical stone fruit and herbal notes. Bred at the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research. Works well as a bittering or dual-purpose hop in West Coast and NZ-style IPAs, and as a blending variety to add structure to softer aroma hops.
5 brews
About
A New Zealand triploid (brand HORT0605) bred from Southern Cross and a selected NZ male, released by Plant & Food Research in 2015 and named for the Moutere Valley in Nelson. It is a big hop, pairing very high alpha acid with a generous weight of oil and lower cohumulone for a soft, well-structured bitterness, so it doubles happily as a bittering and aroma hop. Aroma runs to tropical fruit, grapefruit and passionfruit over a resinous, piney base.
Specs
- Alpha acids
- 15.5–18.0%
- Beta acids
- 5.0–7.0%
- Co-humulone
- Low (soft bitterness)
- Total oil
- 1.0–1.5 ml/100g
Use rates
- Bittering
- Efficient due to very high alpha; clean, soft bitterness
- Flavour
- 0.5–1 g/L at 15–20 min
- Whirlpool
- 1–2 g/L
- Dry hop
- 2–4 g/L for 3–5 days; 2–5 g/L total typical
Pairings
- Grains
- Pale malt base, light Vienna
- Other hops
- Citra, Superdelic, Nectaron
- Styles
- Hazy IPA, West Coast IPA, Pale Ale