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Calypso Hop Investigation
dogfisherman:
Brewed this last Sat night. Never used Calypso before, but the pellets smelled quite pleasant without being citrusy.
12 lbs. Golden Promise
1.5 lbs. Golden Naked Oats
.5 lbs. Victory
.25 lbs. Acidulated Malt
.5 lbs. Table Sugar (last 10 mins of boil)
Single infusion mash at 152F for 1 hour
1 oz. Calypso FWH for a 1 hour boil
1 oz. Calypso 10 min
2 oz. Calypso 40 min steep after flameout
Cool and pitch 1 cup US-05 slurry from the previous batch.
Ferment in the 66-68F range
OG: 1.064
Plan to dry hop with 2 oz Calypso once fermentation finishes.
hornydevil:
Definitely interested in how this turns out. :cheers:
dogfisherman:
Transferred this to secondary on Sat night.(FG 1.015) Calypso is an interesting beast and the bitterness profile reminds me a lot of Chinook with a strong citrus(grapefruit?) twang that lasts through the finish. The flavor is more fruity and I guess you could say apple-ey or pear-ey like the description claims. There was very little aroma, so I'll dry hop it in the next few days and let it sit for a week. The big hop flavors worked well with the malt bill for a unique testing IPA so I have high hopes for the finished product. I think this hop would work really well blended with another hop or two in a big American barleywine.
hornydevil:
--- Quote from: dogfisherman on March 12, 2012, 10:38:35 AM ---The flavor is more fruity and I guess you could say apple-ey or pear-ey like the description claims.
--- End quote ---
Cool, since I'll only be using it for flavor and aroma.
dogfisherman:
Bottled this last night after about 9 days worth of dry hopping. There is a big fruity flavor component up front that leads to a sharp bitter burn that lasts through the finish. Back before I knew much about brewing I made a big extract barleywine with a bunch of Galena hops. It was far from stellar, but as far as I recall, the fruitiness I remember from that beer is very much the same as what I wound up with in this beer. I haven't used Galena since then so I'm not 100% certain. I also just found this on the Stone blog:
Calypso is an American hop derived from Nugget and USDA 19058m
I bought a pound of Nugget from hopsdirect as well so maybe I'll make this same beer with those to see how they compare.
Please post your thoughts on Calypso if you've also used them in a batch.
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