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by raiderman » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:49 am
Motueka isn't on my wish list anymore. I brewed it with Rikwaka and the result was awesome, but thats probably down to the Motueka complimenting the Rikawaka and explains why you can still buy Motueka and Rikawakea is just a distant memory! I brewed Moteuka on its own in a blonde, thinking it would be pleasant and it came out orangey and theres citrus and theres citrus and I didn't like it, rather than bright fresh and aromatic, it was heavy and dense. Cenennial, is cascade like, but less citussy. I always feel that cascade type hops have a slightly earthy/malty taste - and I mean that in a nice way, I love cascade. the Motueka orangyness will emphasise that, but possibly not in a bad way, particularly if you use Centennial in the late hop addition - chuck a load in with 5m to go so as not to affect IBU much.
I'm not a fan of sytrians. I always expected them to be a bit the way hops like citra have turned out to be and whilst I accept they are iused in classy pales, I never find I get half the aroma I'd hoped for. My instinct is that the styrians finness will be lost -so whilst i wouldn't go for either on balance I'd go for Motueka,
I'm not sure how citussy you'll get. Compared with newer hops I don't find centenial that citrussy and I don't see either of your other hops boosting that. I've brewed Delta and Simcoe - delta being a sort of less bitter cascade and got what my son who lives in San francisco thought a classic west coast pale ale, which was nice but not what I was aiming for!, i'd wanted a citrussy note over the cascade flavour and instead the deeper notes dominated. My feeling is thats what you'll get. You could up the crystal or add caragold and go amerikan ipa, or you could try using Challenger, which blends aromatically well with centenial and perhps if you add one of your hops very very late you might still get some citrus in the nose.
