I brewed a few batches last week and in one of them I used a sample of
hops that were sent to my by a commercial herbalist on the Internet --
"The Raven's Nest" -- which she referred to merely as "Red Hops".
Before she sent them, I asked if she perhaps meant "Canadian Red Vine",
which is the only hops I could think of that used the word "Red" in its
discription; the response was no, and that they hops are not red either,
but that the lupulin is reddish in color. Sure enough, when the sample
arrived some of the lupulin (presumeably) had settled in the bottom of
the baggies and it had a distinct reddish hue to it. I've done some
digging around on the internet and although I've found descriptions of
varying tones of yellow, the lupulin has consistently been described as
"yellow". The 'red' hops had a great smell to them, and not knowing
what the AA% was I used them just for flavor and aroma additions. Do
any of you have any ideas of what sort of hops these could be?
Thanks.
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