I haven't really written much about Pictish Brewery of Rochdale, but I will sometime soon. Those in the know are already aware that it produces some of the best craft beer around.
On Friday night I had a few pints of Pictish Motueka - no I don't know how to pronounce it either. It was pale, bitter, tropical fruit edged, full bodied and hoppy. Another stunner from the brewer, Richard Sutton. What a great week for beer after a shaky start.
For those interested, Motueka is a fine New Zealand hop. More details here
Yes,a great beer. We don't see as much of Pictish as we should. BTW, I pronounce it Mo-too-ka as in the NZ river, which I presume, the hop was named after.
ReplyDeleteI would pronounce it Mott-ewe-ay-ka, but I'm still a relatively new NZ immigrant so I haven't sorted out all the pronunciations yet!
ReplyDeleteThe NZ hop growers are capitalising on the northern hemisphere hop shortage to really push their products, and very good products theyt are. Also look out for Riwaka and Nelson Sauvin hops in northern hemisphere beers. I know that Twickenham Fine Ales are using Riwaka in one of their beers.
Nelson Sauvin is a cracker. Nicely used by Thornbridge Brewery in their Kipling ale. How should we feel about the air miles/carbon footprint though?
ReplyDeleteGiven the world hop shortage - just fine in my view! Would it be air freighted anyway?
ReplyDeletePictish Porter is very tasty indeed.
ReplyDeleteMartin is correct, Tyson is not.
ReplyDeleteYou can beat yourself up about Carbon foot prints if you want , I almost only use English hops and I am not fazed.
Oh and Motueka is a town where the hop fields of NZ are. It has a long history of tobacco and hop production.
ReplyDeleteThe hops called Riwaka and Motueka were until recently called Saaz with a prefix at the end e.g. Saaz B . NZ hops decided to sex them up with Kiwi names.
All you need to know about this hop at
ReplyDeletewww.nzhops.co.nz/varieties/motueka.html
Pronunciation would be easier (for us non NZ folks anyway) if the Maori "Motuweka" was used.
Indeed Tyson, as my link conveniently directs!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately Tyson in Maori that would be pronounced rather differently, like Motor Wrecker with the first 2 r's removed.
ReplyDeleteIt illustrates my feelings that using Maori names for export is an odd move as no one will know how to say it.