That's my recollection, too. I've heard of Saaz hops referred to as "red".
"Brewer Bob" <bob-girolamonospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Bill Velek wrote:
>> 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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>
> I might be wrong but, I remember the Zatec region of Czech Republic
being
> referred to as Red(translated of course) so, perhaps you are using Czech
> Saaz? Are they delicate and floral with a hint of grassiness?
>
> Brewer Bob
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