O'Hara's - Hop Adventure Series Sorachi Ace

We have developed the Hop Adventure Series to showcase some of our favourite and the most interesting hops from around the world. With this in mind we went about designing a beer that would allow the hops to display their full flavour and aroma. The beer’s style is a Single Hop India Pale Ale, meaning one hop was used for bittering, aroma and several doses of dry-hopping. For the first beer in this single hop series we have chosen Sorachi Ace – a hop with origins in Hokkaidō, Japan and one of the most unique available. To allow the hops to take the driving seat we have reduced the amount of specialty malt typically used in a standard India Pale Ale. Sorachi Ace is a dual purpose hop, meaning it can be used for both bittering and aroma/flavour in beer. Sorachi Ace stood out as the obvious choice for our first beer in this series because it has a reputation for having truly distinctive and unique flavours. People have reported aromas and flavours of lemongrass, dill, coconut and bubblegum all at once from this hop which made us very intrigued.