402. Firestone Walker Brewing Company (Paso Robles, CA) - Nectaron

“A continuation of our Propagator single hop hazy series, this time featuring Nectaron hops from New Zealand. Nectaron was just released for commercial brewers to use and we were lucky enough to work with this hop in previous years as an experimental hop known as Hort 4337. Nectaron was developed by breeder and good friend Ron Beaston and the hops we selected for this beer came from the Mac Farms owned and operated by the McGlashen family. The hop features punchy Southern Hemisphere tropical fruit characters including passion fruit notes but also has a familiar pacific [sic] Northwest Dankness that makes it complex and bold.”

Nice fruit flavors up front, and a smooth, dry finish. Very light and drinkable, but not especially interesting.