Superdelic Cryo
cryo · New Zealand
Concentrated lupulin powder form of Superdelic. Red fruit, candy and citrus at better than double the alpha of the pellet, with the vegetal matter stripped out. Dose at roughly half the rate of Superdelic pellets.
1 brew
About
A lupulin concentrate of Superdelic, the New Zealand triploid bred by Dr. Ron Beatson under the NZ Hops / Plant & Food Research programme. It carries the variety's distinctive red-fruit, candy and tropical oil chemistry at better than twice the pellet concentration — measured lots have run above 23% alpha against a 9–10.5% pellet figure, so the multiplier is not a reliable constant and the packet is the only real source. Strong biotransformation is noted for the pellet form when dry-hopped during active fermentation; that claim is made for the variety rather than for the cryo product specifically.
Specs
- Alpha acids
- 20–24% (lot-dependent — verify against the packet)
- Total oil
- 2.5–4.5 ml/100g
Use rates
- Whirlpool
- 0.5–1.5 g/L
- Dry hop
- 1–3 g/L; concentrated, so scale down from pellet rates
Pairings
- Grains
- Pale malt base; red malts where the red-fruit note can echo the grist
- Yeasts
- LalBrew Pomona, Verdant IPA, WildBrew Philly Sour
- Other hops
- Citra Cryo, Luminosa, Nectaron Cryo
- Styles
- Hazy IPA, Sour IPA, Red IPA