“Clean Fusion is the complete removal of yeast and other particulate after primary fermentation is complete, but before the addition of a large dry-hop load to the beer. This dry-hopped beer is then separated again to remove harsh and undesirable hop material and particulate. We’ve found this allows a clean, full, true-to-type expression of the hops used, along with a reduction – if not eradication – of the issues plaguing modern IPA brewers: hop creep, hop burn and loss of delicate and nuanced hop flavours and aromas. In short – Clean Fusion = the fusion of hops + clean beer. By removing everything left over from fermentation out of our beer before adding hops, we are able to create an unobstructed and clean medium for all those big and nuanced hop oils to dissolve into. What we’ve found is overall hop flavour and aroma are increased dramatically and we’re left with a clean, expressive hop profile that’s totally unique. That smell you get when you open a bag of hops, that character you get when you rub them together – that translates into the beer and into the final product. Overall, less hops are needed to to achieve an equitable – if not better – hop profile. Here at One Drop Brewing Co, along with our current processes, we treat this as a secondary dry hop method that layers on top of – sometimes complimenting, sometimes contrasting – the bio-transformation hop profile we’ve all come to love here at the brewery.” – One Drop Brewing Co.
BREWERY: One Drop Brewing Co.
STYLE: Double IPA
ABV: 7.6%
SIZE: 440ml Can
ORIGIN: Sydney, NSW