Nectaron T90 hop pellets for home brewing

Nectaron T90 Hop Pellets

Price range: $10.00 through $45.00

Nectaron provides an intense mix of distinctive pineapple stone fruit citrus that lends itself perfectly to a range of beer styles including NEIPA, IPA, Pale Ales and Lagers. Nectaron is best used late or when dry hopping and has proven itself as an award winning hop, delivering a consistent dose of high quality tropical hop character every time.

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Description

Nectaron T90 Hop Pellets are a highly expressive New Zealand aroma hop known for intense tropical and stone fruit character. Developed through New Zealand’s hop breeding programme, Nectaron delivers bold pineapple, passion fruit, peach and citrus notes.

Its powerful fruit character makes Nectaron particularly suited to modern hop-forward beers. It performs exceptionally well in late and dry hop additions where its distinctive tropical aroma can take centre stage.

Aroma & Flavour

Nectaron can contribute:

  • Pineapple
  • Passion fruit
  • Peach
  • Stone fruit
  • Grapefruit
  • Tropical fruit

Its combination of tropical fruit, stone fruit and citrus creates a bold aroma profile suited to modern beer styles.

Brewing with Nectaron Hops

Nectaron works particularly well in late-boil, whirlpool and dry hop additions. These additions help showcase its intense pineapple, passion fruit, peach and citrus characteristics.

It can be used as a feature hop in single-hop beers or combined with other expressive New Zealand and American varieties to build complex tropical and citrus hop profiles.

For additional variety specifications and brewing information, visit NZ Hops.

Suitable Beer Styles

Nectaron is well suited to:

  • NEIPA
  • IPA
  • Pale Ale
  • New Zealand IPA
  • Hazy Pale Ale
  • Lager
  • Modern hop-forward ales

Hop Substitutes

Nectaron has a distinctive tropical and stone fruit profile, so there is no exact substitute. However, Superdelic, Riwaka or Nelson Sauvin may be considered when another expressive New Zealand aroma hop is required.

Each hop has its own flavour profile and alpha acid level. Therefore, adjust your recipe and hop quantities as required when making a substitution.

Current Batch

Crop Year: 2023
Alpha Acid: 10.97%
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Producer: NZ Hops
Pellet Type: T90
Hop Use: Aroma
Pack Sizes: 100 g / 250 g / 500 g

Alpha acid levels can vary between crops and batches. Therefore, always use the alpha acid percentage shown on your current pack when calculating bitterness.

**Explore our complete T90 Hop Pellets range for more hop varieties for bittering, flavour, aroma and dry hopping

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Nectaron Hops – 100g, Nectaron Hops – 250g, Nectaron Hops – 500g

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