Roam - Kohia Nelson
Fox Farm Brewery in Salem, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - New England / Hazy Series Out of Production|
Score
6.87
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This round of Roam doesn’t highlight a single hop variety but rather an intriguing blend from Freestyle Hops - not much Kohia Nelson was sold and we’re thankful to be able to work with it. The blend begins with a carefully tuned selection of mid-harvested varieties designed to highlight Freestyle’s unique terroir. But that’s just the start - New Zealand grown passionfruit is also incorporated into the blend. The fruit is dried, seeds removed and mixed with the hops prior to pelletizing. The result is a delightful fruit character that’s cohesive and well-integrated. Think of it as an accent or a gentle turn of the dial for what is already working so well for the blend.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Canned 8/10/22, drunk 9/19/22. Heavily hazy, peachy-passion fruit juice with a small, thin, white head. Smells like passion fruit the way Tree House does it; which is to say, dry, somewhat acidic, funky/earthy. High mineral, low-to-moderate white wine-like Nelson with no sulfur and little/no pine. Soft, honey-accented malts seem well-attenuated, with fruity, but clean yeast and no resin or alcohol. Bitterness still balances easily the softly honey-like malts with well-attenuated malts and a medium to medium-light body overall. Nelson is full of passion fruit and moderate mineral. Juicy, pine-accented, no sulfur, low white wine. Maybe a bit passed its prime here, but it's certainly clean and dry and what hop flavor and passion fruit character there is, is done well.
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from Can
on 20 Sep 2022
at 00:13