Patrons Project 12.03 // Harewood Food & Drink Project // Evolution of Tradition // Green Hop IPA

We teamed up with Harewood Food & Drink Project, utilising the UK hops grown in their walled garden, to brew this Evolution of Tradition IPA.

This beer strikes a balance between the unique flavour of wet hop brewing, the unfulfilled potential of UK hop varieties, and the more modern flavour of US varieties.

We assembled a team from the brewery and headed bright and early to Harewood. The team harvested nine varieties in total, including Challenger, Early Bird and Goldings. The target was 70kg of hops, 9 times higher than our normal whirlpool hopping rate to counter the high water content of freshly harvested hops. Once the van was full, we rushed these hops back to the Old Flax Store just in time to reinvent the mash tun as a hop back and soak all these lovely hops in the freshly boiled wort.

After fermentation we dry hopped with a new, exciting UK variety called Godiva which presents potent notes of tangerine and a hint of white grape, like a UK-bred Nelson Sauvin. We also threw in a small addition of Citra to contribute touches of tropical fruit but not so high as to hide the subtlety and floral, citrus notes of the fresh UK hops. Show Less