Patrons Project 8.07 // Vague: Gold Edition BBD: 13/12/2019

Description

The final beer in our Vague Patrons series was brewed with our south London friends, Gipsy Hill who have also began working with Reece and the crew from Vague, making it a fitting collaboration for the final beer in the series, a DDH New England Kolsch. As always with our gold editions, we wanted to finish with a bang! Sticking with a lager style (as we have throughout the series), we settled on the clean, freshness of a Kolsch before adding some NE style adjunct malts and hopping to the mix for a real hybrid of a brew. Over a base of Bamberger pilsner malt and soft, slightly chloride-led brewing liquor, we threw in flaked oats and wheat for the silky mouthfeel they contribute. For hopping we led with Azacca, a US dwarf variety which lends a spiciness and plenty of papaya, mango and tangerine character. Utilised solo in the whirlpool, we then added Australian Vic Secret and Citra BBC pellets to the mix for the 18g/l dry hop for a real fruit bowl of tropical flavours over a crisp, easy-drinking Kolsch base.