Motueka

Motueka has a complex character with distinct lemon/lime characteristics accompanied by notes of other citrus and tropical fruit.

We harvest our Motueka across a spectrum that spans, from bright zesty lime to more sweet lemon lime with complex tropical notes.  Our earlier harvest Motueka has a bright zesty lime profile with floral and white fruit notes in the background.  And our late harvest Motueka swings to super tropical, with no dankness and more lemon-lime soft drink character.  Late harvest Motueka has more overall complexity than an early harvest Motueka, but loses some of the zesty citrus brightness.  Later harvest Motueka can add nice tropical top notes to a hop forward beer.  We often see hazy IPAs made with Motueka and one other hop varietal producing unique and appealing beers that are highly liked/rated on platforms like Untappd and RateBeer.  Motueka pairs brilliantly with a hop that can bring resinous depth and additional tropical high notes.

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