Jester Hops

[Benfleet Brewery]

My eye for a bargain forced me to buy 100g Jester hops from Worcester Hop Shop on Friday as they were only £1.50 and I was placing an order anyway. I can’t find a lot on info one them though. Possibly the best thing to make is a single hop brew to try them but if anyone has any other suggestions I’d be grateful.

 

[An Ankoù]

They're a very unusual hop and I think you'll either like them or hate them. I use them in a pale ale or bitter, late in the boil and at flameout where they give a sort of strange tropical edge to the beer. I'd suggest quite high attenuation and not too sweet a malt profile. Give them a try with a small batch. There are a few derivatives like Olicana and others. I think these hops have been bred to try to challenge the big American IPA hops, but they're in quite a different category, in my opinion.
Oh, I ferment mine with yeast harvested from Adnams and I like the beer. I've made a couple of batches now and have one lot conditioning.

Edit:
There's already a thread dealing with Jester, I think, although Jester might not be in the title. I recall that some contributors didn't like them at all.

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

They're a very unusual hop and I think you'll either like them or hate them. I use them in a pale ale or bitter, late in the boil and at flameout where they give a sort of strange tropical edge to the beer. I'd suggest quite high attenuation and not too sweet a malt profile. Give them a try with a small batch. There are a few derivatives like Olicana and others. I think these hops have been bred to try to challenge the big American IPA hops, but they're in quite a different category, in my opinion.
Oh, I ferment mine with yeast harvested from Adnams and I like the beer. I've made a couple of batches now and have one lot conditioning.

Edit:
There's already a thread dealing with Jester, I think, although Jester might not be in the title. I recall that some contributors didn't like them at all.

That’s very helpful, thank you.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Here's two previous threads :
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/...et-al-what-does-everyone-think-of-them.90881/https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/get-brewing-people-our-hop-industry-needs-us.88533/

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

Thanks for all your advice guys but I’ve just had a partial refund from WHS as the Jester hops are out of stock

 

[RichardM]

I had a bottle of Jester IPA from Marks and Spencer yesterday. It is one of a series of single hop beers they have (Citra, Mosaic and Amarillo are the others). It's brewed by Adnams and described having "soft gooseberry, lychee and grapefruit notes.
I enjoyed it and thought I might make a pale ale with some.