Hop selection for Saison hybrid

[th Cap'n]

I'm working on a low grav Saison hybrid recipe (moving forward from the Belgian Pale hybrid concept). I'm looking for strong peach and apricot flavors with a touch of citrus. Thinking W3711 for yeast and primarily pilsner malt with a little wheat and Munich.

Hop suggestions so far:
Hull Melon
Australian Summer
New Zealand Motueka
Citra
Mosaic
Brewer's Gold
Amarillo

Like I said, low gravity, finishing around 4% ABV with ~20 IBU.

Thoughts?

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

thoughts for the finishing hop flavor, dry hop with citra/Simco or citra/Amarillo seems to work for me

 

[Nosybear]

For a Saison, Tettnanger is my hop of choice. What effect are you going for? I can see Citra as a good choice for citrusy-grapefruity flavor, Amarillo to tilt more toward melon-lemon and Willamette to tilt more toward floral. Saisons should be tart and spicy, that's why I stick with spicy Tettnanger when I do one but hey, you could get good results with nearly any flavor hop.

 

[Hogarthe]

where do you find Hull Melon hops?

 

[Nosybear]

The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of a Saison finished with Citra....

 

[Head First]

If you want the fruit to stand out I would stay away from the citrus style hops. Spicy will enhance fruit flavor with malt sweetness present. Sasion yeast will add spicy notes on its own. I used 7lbs. of fresh peaches in a 4gal. batch and only got suttle peach flavor. If you use peaches go with 10 but apricots should have a stronger enhancement.

 

[sbaclimber]

where do you find Hull Melon hops?

I ordered them here: http://amihopfen.com/Hops/Germany/Huell ... anguage=en
(going to bottle my first Hüll Melon IPA tomorrow! )
If you aren't in the EU, you will probably have to flick Daniel an email regarding shipping.

 

[Hogarthe]

ah, ok. I haven't seen the new German hops in any of the American stores yet. Wonder when they will be available here....

 

[sbaclimber]

ah, ok. I haven't seen the new German hops in any of the American stores yet. Wonder when they will be available here....

Not sure when/if they will be available in stores there. The variety is still in fairly limited supply...
If you google "hull", "huell" and "hüll" you can find some American online suppliers though.
e.g.
http://www.saltcitybrewsupply.com/store ... -1-oz.html
http://hop-head-farms.myshopify.com/pro ... rmany-2013