Lodovico

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I know it depends on what you want to brew but which hop gives you the most choices??

If you were allowed only 1 hop variety to use for all of your beers for the rest of your brewing life, what would you go with???

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JMSetzler

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That's gonna be a definite preference call. I would probably look at cascade and maybe chinook...

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mkling

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I'll go with Willamette. Not my favorite hop by any means, but it can sub for a lot. Works in American ales, similar to Fuggle for British ales and Styrian Goldings for Belgian ales. It's not quite right for lagers, but Fuggle & Willamette are cousins to Tettnager, I believe, so German lagers & ale are covered, too. All four major beer cultures covered with one hop. Not all covered that well but at least some connection to all four.

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mkling

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Personally, though, as far as my own brewing goes I'd go with Cascade if I could only have one hop variety for the rest of my life.

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GilaMinumBeer

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Humulus Lupulis, I think, is a much more versatile hop than Humulus Japonicus.

As for contributions to beer? Pick any high alpha hop with low myrcene (IIRC) for the most versatility as a bittering hop.

MattHollingsworth

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Good call. For mostly the same reasons, I'd go maybe with Styrian Goldings. Where I live, it's THE hop. It's seedless Fuggle grown in Slovenija and is used in a ton of Belgian and British beers. And I had a local beer up in Slovenija, a pale ale, that use a ton of it, and only it, and was lovely in a sort of APA.

I haven't used it a ton yet though. I have a kilo of it and am slowly using it though. Goes great with Challenger.

But lord knows I'd never wanna use only one hop. It'd be CHEAPER if I did as I can get it here for a decent price instead of mail ordering so many varieties. But I love trying different ones out...

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