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Flavour - Amarillo
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Your favourite hops
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Re: Your favourite hops
I use a lot of Magnum, Columbus, Cascade, Centennial and Citra.
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Re: Your favourite hops
No favorites here, only hates. Sorachi Ace.
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Re: Your favourite hops
Word. Worst hop ever.mr x wrote:No favorites here, only hates. Sorachi Ace.
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Indeed. I've still got 2oz in my freezer that I need to get rid of at some point.wortly wrote:Word. Worst hop ever.mr x wrote:No favorites here, only hates. Sorachi Ace.
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Re: Your favourite hops
I was a little worried by a comment re-posted here on the hop group-buy thread from a supplier, who warned that we wouldn't be able to get Sorachi Ace. Surely that must mean that a lot of brewers are using it - thanks for that, guys!mr x wrote:No favorites here, only hates. Sorachi Ace.
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Re: Your favourite hops
My cascade hops grow rather well, so I use them in the majority of my beers. I'm not too picky about bittering hops.
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Re: Your favourite hops
My favorite hops are.. in no particular order.... Hallertau, Cascade, Amerillo, Chinook, SAAZ, EKG and Tettnanger.
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Re: Your favourite hops
For me, East Kent Goldings are #1. I love Bristish beer and these are one of the main reasons. Spicy, floral, grassy, herbal and just plain tasty. I also love Amarillos, Citras, Fuggles, Cascades and Hallertaus.
I'd also like to put a plug in for an underrated hop - Admirals. I did a British IPA a few months ago and used this for bittering. The alpha acids in it are pretty high (12-15%) so it's not that versatile, but I was really pleased with the flavour. Very spicy, with an underpinning of bitter orange. I did the IPA kind of dry (mashed @ 150) and it really gave an added complexity to the beer that I wasn't expecting.
I'd also like to put a plug in for an underrated hop - Admirals. I did a British IPA a few months ago and used this for bittering. The alpha acids in it are pretty high (12-15%) so it's not that versatile, but I was really pleased with the flavour. Very spicy, with an underpinning of bitter orange. I did the IPA kind of dry (mashed @ 150) and it really gave an added complexity to the beer that I wasn't expecting.
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Re: Your favourite hops
My favorite hops are the ones going in my next beer! 
i'm a big fan of chinook.
i'm a big fan of chinook."Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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Re: Your favourite hops
Amarillo,galena,chinook,zeuz, hallertauer tradition, sterling
Too name a few!
Too name a few!
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Re: Your favourite hops
Love me some Chinook too. Planning on doing an Arrogant Bastard clone before springtime if possible.LiverDance wrote:My favorite hops are the ones going in my next beer!
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Re: Your favourite hops
me toojeffsmith wrote: Planning on doing an Arrogant Bastard clone before springtime if possible.
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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Re: Your favourite hops
I hear the ones at NG are top notch fresh!NASH wrote:Bullion
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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Re: Your favourite hops
Fuggles
Cascade
Bramling Cross (just did an ESB with all bcross and it turned out great)
But I'm a fan of dark beer too.
Cascade
Bramling Cross (just did an ESB with all bcross and it turned out great)
But I'm a fan of dark beer too.
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Re: Your favourite hops
Add Northern Brewer and thats me too.Fishdisease wrote:Fuggles
Cascade
Bramling Cross (just did an ESB with all bcross and it turned out great)
But I'm a fan of dark beer too.
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Re: Your favourite hops
More chinook love here, so much so that I'm gonna plant some this spring. Plus amarillo (unfortunately, no planting them unless someone wants to undertake some covert activity for me).LiverDance wrote:My favorite hops are the ones going in my next beer!
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Re: Your favourite hops
Gotta say, Simcoe stole my heart this year, always loved Cascade, Amarillo, Perle, Ctz, Citra, etc... Way too many good hops.
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