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The Bursted Single Hop series from El Segundo has exceeded my expectations and now that they are nine hops in, as it were, we are reaching some more exotic varietals.
And this batch is the most exciting to me yet….
Three hops that you see on occasion but not as much as the Mosaic/Simcoe/Citra’s of the world. The Sapphir is the one that I really have my eye on with Huell Melon a close second.
The third batch of Bursted Single Hop IPA’s from El Segundo takes us deeper into hop varietal territory with Vic’s Secret, El Dorado and Denali. All of which are not as ubiquitous as your Citra’s and Mosaics but might end up being fan favorites.
At 9 bombers, this will be quite the horizontal tasting.
Recently, El Segundo Brewing came out with their take on the single hop beer. They call it Bursted and the initial batch all clocked in at 6% abv and came in three different colors/hops.
I don’t know if this has happened to you, but I had all three bottles in the ‘fridge and I opened the Simcoe and was absolutely blown away by the aroma. It was as if a bunch of hop pellets had been dumped into my kitchen. I loved that beer from ounce 1 to 22. I was so jazzed to try the other two but, alas, the Mosaic and especially the Citra paled in comparison.
You open one beer and suddenly your expectations are raised to a point where the remaining beers have no chance of competing. But that Simcoe is an early contender for Beer of the Year. Bright and vivid aroma with a touch of spice.
Here is my order of the beers:
1. Simcoe
2.
3. Mosaic
4.
5. Citra
I am certainly intrigued to see how this series progresses.