Description

Wai-iti T90 Hop Pellets (NZ)

Wai-iti offers a fine aroma hop with hints of fresh peaches and apricot characters within a weight of essential oils. Citrus characters are provided in the finished product, which combine with a burst of fresh peaches and ripe apricot. The hop produces a rounded clean bitterness when used in single hopped beers. The high oil content ensures a distinctive burst when used in late additions or in dry hopping.

Used in both Lagers and Ales where its character builds to develop an excellent finishing bitterness and drinkability. Fresh peaches and stone fruit dominate the aroma in singled hopped beers and can be combined as a late addition with other varieties. Creates fruity aroma driven new world beer styles.

Wai-Iti HOP SPECIFICATIONS

Alpha Acid: 2-4%
Hop Type: Aroma
Beta Acid: 4.5-5.5%
Total Oil: 1.6%

SUITABLE FOR

Pale Ale, India Pale Ale, Wheat Beer.

Wai-iti AROMA PROFILE

A fine aroma hop with hints of fresh peaches and apricot characters. Lime, Peach, Mandarin.

SUBSTITUTES FOR Wai-iti

If Wai-iti is not available, then a good substitute is Riwaka.

T90 HOP PELLETS

Manufacturers produce T-90 hop pellets by hammer-milling kiln-dried, whole leaf hop cones into a uniform powder and then pressing them through a pellet die. Pellet compression fine-tunes to achieve a consistent density for repeatable brewing, batch after batch, addressing variations in oil and vegetative content in leaf hops.

The production processes continually monitor temperature and cool the pellet die to protect and preserve hop resins. Hop pellets retain all natural lupulin and cone material, serving as a complete replacement for whole hops. They have a longer shelf life, requiring less storage space, and generally being easier to handle.

STORAGE

Weighing of hops occurs only upon receiving an order. They do not sit on shelves; instead, they are extracted from a bulk vacuum-sealed bag in cold storage. We package our hop pellets in UV-protected polyethylene bags and vacuum seal them for freshness and quality.

The vacuum seal may degrade, particularly if hop dust accumulates near the heat-sealed section of the bag. If you receive the hops and it appears that the vacuum is breaking down, the hops will still be perfectly safe to use with no degradation of flavour. If you do not intend to use then in a few days of receiving, we suggest that you store them in a fridge or freezer. Hop pellets stored near-freezing, preferably between -1°C and 5°C. Under these conditions, T-90 hop pellets will remain stable in closed containers for three (3) years.