chalmer9
Well-Known Member
I said the exact same thing a couple years ago OP. I am now the complete opposite. Malty beers are boring to me.
I'll join you, Sierra Nevada is a hoppy beer and I hate it !!!!.............
I love hops.
Occasionally I find myself without an IPA on tap and it's like days without sun. I have profound, deep introspective sessions with my brewing self on how this happens, then vow to never let it happen again. But it does because I am weak and flawed.
I love hops, and I would marry them and have babies with them but they are elusive and won't settle down. But I'll accept this sinful life of promiscuity: it's better than no hops at all.
I had a box of newborn puppies. They didn't like hops. Poor little puppies. That was a while ago; then, they opened their eyes. They love hops now.
I've often considered retiring and wandering the country, planting hop rhizomes everywhere. I'd have newspaperboy sacks hanging from my shoulders, overflowing with prepubescent hop love. Johnny Hoppleseed.
I love hops.
Big_Cat said:I don't understand the following in the high hops beer, its like drinking medicine that you are forced to drink. I like beers that have a malt or almost sweetness to it... A friend keeps telling me that beers high in Hops its what beer is suppose to be and I firmly disagree ... Can someone explain why is it so important to have high hop smells and taste? Just wondering
I felt compelled to join this forum just so I could respond. The four main tastes that our buds can detect are salt, sweet, sour, and bitter. We humans, like most animals, have evolved to love the first two and hate the second two. It teaches us not to eat too much stuff that would probably kill us.
But some modicum of dissonance is necessary to make flavors, and life, interesting and delicious. That's why we love chocolate.
Although hops are a great preservative that allows beer to survive the journey to India, my beer doesn't have to travel that far. So I have no need to assault my senses with bitterness. Rich flavors can be found in better balanced beers.
Embrace and rejoice in the beer drinker you are!
I always wonder why those who love happy beers feel that others need to learn to love them.
BeerTheory said:The four main tastes that our buds can detect are salt, sweet, sour, and bitter.
That's why we love chocolate.
billf2112 said:I always wonder why those who love happy beers feel that others need to learn to love them.
jwwbrennan said:Guys used to spit in their beer so others wouldn't drink it. Now we just throw in a little extra hops.
Guys used to spit in their beer so others wouldn't drink it. Now we just throw in a little extra hops.
azmark said:But have you tasted a lot of styles of IPAs?
They are wide and varried,,,try a Big Sky IPA, Deschutes Inversion, SN Torpedo, Green Flash, SA Lattitude. All taste vastly different, might find one that suits you.
I've tried the latitude 48 from SA Also a couple of others since i do love the art of creating yumminest (if that's a word) in a brew but as of yet i haven't found one that has made me say "oh wow this is my favorite "
Then start with pale ales. Obviously your palate can't handle IPA's right now, so work your way up.
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