Any of you ever met a hop you didn't like?

[bwomp313]

I don't care for Delta. I got a whole pound of leaf and tried to make what I wanted to call "Delta Bomb". Came out more like bland amber ale even though I believe there was 13 oz of delta in there, 3 of which were dry hops.

 

[alecoholic]

Saaz is complete garbage.

 

[Hoodweisen]

Amazing when I posted this I thought I would be bombarded with sac-relig popoffs!

 

[RCCOLA]

Summit= Shweaty Goat Bawls.

 

[Beezer94]

Summit= Shweaty Goat Bawls.

yeah heavy summit is extreme garlic in the beers I have tried that had it in. However I justed brewed an IIPA with 8.5oz of hops where 0.5oz of summit (of 1.5oz) at flameout and 0.5oz summit (of 3oz) for dryhop and the brew is great. It is a powerful hop, with 1oz out of 8.5oz and I believe it dominates the flavor and aroma.

 

[RCCOLA]

yeah heavy summit is extreme garlic in the beers I have tried that had it in. However I justed brewed an IIPA with 8.5oz of hops where 0.5oz of summit (of 1.5oz) at flameout and 0.5oz summit (of 3oz) for dryhop and the brew is great. It is a powerful hop, with 1oz out of 8.5oz and I believe it dominates the flavor and aroma.

I did an all summit IPA 1gal test batch (cuz of the garlic rumors).

It tasted OK till I dry hopped it. Then it tasted like sweat.

Someone told me that the organic summit doesn't taste like that and that the garlic/onion/sweat flavors were b/c the grower over-fertilized.

 

[drainbamage]

+1 on the really earthy or grassy ones. In the right conditions they can be alright, but usually it just feels like I'm drinking runoff from a bag of wet grass clippings.

Saaz is complete garbage.

I didn't like Saaz much at first either, but I developed a taste for it.

 

[Beernip]

I don't like Willamette except for bitter. Just like like the hop taste of it.

 

[jfr1111]

Bramling Cross. It's okay but the blackcurrant is a bit too much. I have about an oz left after brewing a bitter and porter with it and I think I'll just throw it away.

 

[smizak]

Saaz is complete garbage.

Wow. Have you ever had a properly brewed Bohemian pilsner? I can't imagine how that could possibly be offensive.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

So i think i dont like hallertau this is why.
I just tapped a pumkin ale today that used hallertau as the aroma hop and i just dont like the after taste. But im thinking that it may be because on my second all-time all-grain batch i made a irish red clone and just thought it was bland so I dryhopped it with some hallertau I had laying around (which in my noobness seemed like a good idea) from a wheat beer I had done so...this maybe the reason i dont like it but i think i just dont like Hallertau as a stand alone hop.
Do any of you have a hop you just dont like?


p.s. I believe ill just sit on this keg for a while and let it mellow.

I don't like any of the citrusy hops, cascade, amarillo, citra, etc...
IMHO, grapefruit flavours don't belong in my beer. But I do love the Goldings hops, both US & EKG. Regards, GF.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

When Summit are used as late addition or dry hops, the flavor I get is bad, rancid green onions.

 

[Kaz]

Glad I read this thread...I've never used Summit, but was planning a all Summit IPA with about 3-4oz of Summit throughout and then dry hopped....might have to change my plans. I thought it was supposed to be orange/tangerine flavors. Live and learn.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Kaz, try a can of Gubna by Oskar Blues. It's all Summit.

 

[ericd]

Fuggles - this hop has it's place in porters but not otherwise. Don't use it as a late hop addition: GRASS!!!

I like chinook - mmmmm grapefruit.

Whatever the heck is in Sierra Nevada torpedo. I like IPAs and everything but that beer gave me bitter beer face.

Likewise for Hercules DIPA. Yugh.

 

[rockfish42]

Wow. Have you ever had a properly brewed Bohemian pilsner? I can't imagine how that could possibly be offensive.

With the wrong water chemistry Saaz can be kind of off putting.

 

[pm5k00]

Glad I read this thread...I've never used Summit, but was planning a all Summit IPA with about 3-4oz of Summit throughout and then dry hopped....might have to change my plans. I thought it was supposed to be orange/tangerine flavors. Live and learn.

I love summit, one of my favorite hops, I have never gotten onion or garlic from it. It variers from person to person what you will hear about it. Might I suggest a small batch with summit to see if you like it or not, or make a hop tea with it.

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[Kaz]

I love summit, one of my favorite hops, I have never gotten onion or garlic from it. It variers from person to person what you will hear about it. Might I suggest a small batch with summit to see if you like it or not, or make a hop tea with it.

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Ya, read some other reviews, and I will still go for it. After all, I have a pound of Summit that I need to use up.

 

[passedpawn]

Wow. Have you ever had a properly brewed Bohemian pilsner? I can't imagine how that could possibly be offensive.

I was thinking the same thing. I make a lot of bo pils. It's my house beer.

 

[Montanaandy]

Kaz, try a can of Gubna by Oskar Blues. It's all Summit.

I had a 4 pack of this when I was in Denver and thought that I was drinking onion water.

 

[EricCSU]

Summit ruins a beer for me.

Eric

 

[Irrenarzt]

Glad to see all the Summit hatred here. I thought I was in the minority in my hate for that most foul hop.

Not into any of the onion hops so cross off Summit/Citra for sure. I was told Calypso presents like this as well but I have no experience with that one yet.

 

[lowlife]

I hate Pacific Gem

 

[carp]

I don't like Magnum. It's supposedly clean and neutral, but my beers got better when I quit using it. This is a fairly recent dislike. I have drunk (well bought - I didn't drink all of it) close to 100 kegs of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and used to love it, but now don't care much for it, partly because of the magnum used in it.

 

[carp]

I don't like Delta either. Perhaps I haven't given it a fair shake, but the two batches I made with it weren't very good.

 

[EricCSU]

I don't like Magnum. It's supposedly clean and neutral, but my beers got better when I quit using it. This is a fairly recent dislike. I have drunk (well bought - I didn't drink all of it) close to 100 kegs of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and used to love it, but now don't care much for it, partly because of the magnum used in it.

SNPA is Perle and Cascade. Torpedo is Magum, Crystal (I think), and Citra.

Eric

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[drainbamage]

SNPA is Perle and Cascade. Torpedo is Magum, Crystal (I think), and Citra.

Eric

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Per their website, SNPA does also have Magnum as a bittering hop. You're correct about Torpedo.

 

[EricCSU]

Per their website, SNPA does also have Magnum as a bittering hop. You're correct about Torpedo.

You are correct, sorry about that.

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[BrewThruYou]

Can't stand Citra. Tastes like onions.

I like chinook - mmmmm grapefruit.

You guys get totally different flavors than I do for these two hops. Onions would be the last descriptor I'd use for Citra - more tropical fruit, citrus. For Chinook, I barely get any citrus character - more pine and spicy notes.

 

[elproducto]

Not loving Citra. I bought 1/2 pound a while back, and brewed an American Wheat with Citra/Amarillo and didn't like it. Recently brewed Dude's LWPA and dry hopped with Citra/Amarillo/Simco, and the Citra absolutely dominated.. it even seemed to change the flavour profile.