Brooklyn Sorachi Ace

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Stephen South
Katie made East LA Food truck tacos...seared skirt steak, Korean red pepper (ala Kimchee) sauce, fresh salsa verde and a spicy slaw...from Koi-Fusion

Brooklyn Sorachi Ace, bottle refermented ale with Champagne yeast, alc 7.6%...a saison style beer...bright, citrusy and lightly hopped...did great with the food
 
Sorachi Ace, an interesting hop.

The variety was named after the Sorachi Subprefecture in Hokkaidō, Japan. It was developed for Sapporo Breweries and used in their beers. The pedigree includes Brewer’s Gold and Saaz and has high yield potential. It was originally released in 1984 and was grown for a while in Japan and China.

It was not available in the US until Darren Gamache of Virgil Gamache Farms picked it out of the USDA Hop Cultivar Collection in Corvallis, OR and started to grow it. Sorachi Ace became commercially available in 2006 and since then, has become a variety that has garnered a large amount of interest for use in intense American beer styles.

Origin: Japan

Aroma/Flavor: Bold Lemon all sources stated it’s lemon aroma and taste. Maybe a dill, cilantro, and coconut notes to it too. Slight background oak flavor.
 
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