Description
New Zealand Nectaron® Hop Profile
Nectaron hops are a New Zealand variety that went by the number HORT 4337. Necatron® is a full sister of Waimea and was developed in partnership with New Zealand’s Plant & Food Research and took over 17 years before the full release. Necatron® has a huge aroma of passion fruit, peach, grapefruit, and pineapple. It is perfect for any fruit forward beer and performs really well when used in dry-hopping.
Nectaron Aroma Descriptors: Citrus, Pineapple, Passionfruit, Grapefruit, Stonefruit
Nectaron Hops Analytical Data
| Alpha Acids | 10.5 – 11.5% |
| Beta Acids | 4.5 – 5.0% |
| Cohumulone | 26.0 – 28.0% |
| Total Oils | 1.5 – 2.0 ml/100g |
| Myrcene | 60% of total oil |
| Caryophyllene | 4.5% of total oil |
| Farnesene | 0.2% of total oil |
| Humulene | 16% of total oil |
| Citrus-Piney Fraction | 4.3% of total oil |
