Time Hops II: Nelson Sauvin
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Garage ProjectIPA - Imperial / Double Series
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7.34
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New Zealand’s Nelson Sauvin is one of the most distinctive hops of the modern era, bursting with gooseberry and white wine characteristics for over two decades! We’re showcasing its beauty in a Double IPA, inspired by a beer almost as famous…
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can at home picked up from HOTM. A light hazed golden orange coloured pour with a fine fading white head. Aroma is jammy citrus, white grape, midget gems, some mellow nelson on the nose. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded base malts, light wheat, jammy orange, citrus, white grape, mellow mellon, Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation. Not bad, but not huge on the classic nelson vibes .
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 07/12/2025.
Moderately hazed deep amber to golden topped with an off white cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is orange marmalade, grass, grapefruit, pine needle.
Taste comprises bitter orange, grass, pine needle, mandarin, hint of mango.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with light juicy come grassy hop bitterness
Decent enough DIPA if lacking Nelson expression.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16th November 2025
Can. Near clear paleish gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, semi dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Light smooth pale malts, a medium sweetness. 2025 Nelson delivers again. Light winey grape, a little skunk, perhaps a touch of gooseberry if you are looking for it. Light and semi dry finish. Not the most complex of DIPAs but after many years of bloody flaccid NS, I am digging this years crop a lot and it's nicely delivered by Siren.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can from the Low Cost Beer online shop. Pours hazy yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of white wine and melon. Taste adds kiwi and lime. Light bitter resinous finish.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Can from House Of Trembling Madness. Hazy golden body with a thin white head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of flower stems, white wine and lemon jelly. Flavour of grass, orange and lemongrass. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. A very good example of the Nelson Sauvin hop.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7