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Thanks Joe,
Yea, definitely noticed and figured it couldn't have been just down to different hops!
Really enjoyed it and will have to grab more to try alongside the Motueka Raven. What was the 2/3 on the side of the label, is there a third in the series (not PKB)?
Hi Adam
Rackham tasting damn fine at the moment... it's about 10 months old and really hitting its #freshisnotbest straps.
Looks like you've figured out the Raven thing. The name is, always, A Joseph Wood creation and is a bit of a nod to our friend (and Black IPA legend) James Kemp of Buxton Brewery.
As Joseph says... completely different beers. Another excellent showcase of the differences between NZ and US hops (following the Yak/Mot Monsters of 2010 and Yak/Mot Warriors of 2011). 3/3 must be lost in the post... or not yet brewed.
PKB is 1.060 / 50ibu and obviously more roast.
Ravens are 1.070 / 60ibu (came through a little lower than the intended, was meant to be 1.074 for 7%).
NZ hops, for your info, are 22kg in 2400L. 55% Styrian, 25%kg Sauvin, 20% Super Alpha... For me it was a bit of a trial of super alpha as late and dry hop. I haven't been able to taste it properly yet, as I've had a damn head cold since the beer was filtered and packaged. Just coming out the other side now. Thinking we'll do a Black IPA for USA soon, but I'll change the hops up for that. We'll make sure we keep some kegs back for NZ.
When I got home last night there was an empty bottle of Motueka on our kitchen table. My wife told me that a guest had necked the whole thing in one go and then said "Ah... it's a bit to bitter for me".
Cheers
Stu
Sounds like it's hops balance is more like the first seasons PKB rather than the subsequent maltier ones ?
Not trying to make a comparison between the two beers ...
The only difference in hopping between the first two (seasonal) PKB's and now, besides the odd variety tweak, is that the current product is not dry hopped. The grams per litre has remained pretty much exactly the same.
I think the yeasts we used in those first two batches, and more importantly the fact that we didn't filter, made more of a difference.
Motueka Raven is dry hopped, with all three varieties.
Sounds like my sort of ale Stu.
I'm heading southside tomorrow, i'll have to pick some up
cheers, jt
Picked up an Emersons APA after reading the piece in the Capital Times.
This was one of my beer awakening beers and I have great memories of it.
Looking forward to it with anticipation ....
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