Dry Hopping Again

Since the Plot 16 project we have experimented with three other dry hopped bottled beers

• a batch of Prospect finished with the hard to get NZ Nelson Sauvin hop (this hop is already part of the Prospect recipe) in 330 ml "limited edition" bottles.  These are now on sale at Jacobs and Field in Headington and the Lassco cafe at Milton Common.
• a batch of Prospect in 500ml bottles finished with English Challenger hops.  Very distinctive and just about ready to go on general sale
• a batch of Scholar finished with US Amarillo now ready for bottling tomorrow.

While the impact on the beer flavour and aroma profile is dramatic, dry hopping seems to introduce new issues.  The beer seems to take longer to drop clear and head retention seems to be shorter than on our normal beers - this is probably related to the increase in hop oils present and we hope will improve with age as these beers are still young.  It is certainly worth the experimentation as Prospect 3.7% takes on the character of an ESB.  We can't wait to try the Scholar.