Are there any hops you actually dislike?

[freebeertomorrow]

Just goes to show DSDF, I love the earthy funk of Fuggles and an all-Cascade Saison. Guess I'm a heathen.

 

[badlee]

Here I go, get your stones ready.
I hate Saaz! It tastes like I imagine an old damp table soaked with rancid butter and ash!

 

[Pilgarlic]

Here I go, get your stones ready.
I hate Saaz! It tastes like I imagine an old damp table soaked with rancid butter and ash!

And I use pounds of it.

 

[badlee]

you want to be careful you dont get buttery splinters in your mouth

 

[signpost]

Wow, Styrian Goldings are one of my favorites. But if you use them in a pale ale or IPA I can understand why you wouldn't like them. I use them in English and Belgian styles.

I haven't come across any hops that I really hate, but I've only been brewing a year. Like somebody else said, I think any hop can be good if used well in the right style.

Actually, I kind of hate Citra, although I've never used them. I just hate that people rave about them so much. It's just annoying.

 

[BeerLogic]

I'm going to give it another shot at some point because I've had some great beers with it since I tried it myself, but my first experience with Bramling Cross was not a good one. It was supposed to have black currant and lemon notes, but instead I ended up with something that had that harsh bitter flavor you get from burnt garlic. Gross. I think my mistake was using it to bitter.

 

[gbx]

Actually, I kind of hate Citra, although I've never used them. I just hate that people rave about them so much. It's just annoying.

ha. people here freak out when the LHBS runs out of Citra, Simcoe and Amarillo as if you can't brew anything without them.

 

[Big_Blue]

I love most English style beers, but anything with fuggles tastes like someone put a handful of dirt into it. I get "earthy", but this isn't earthy at all to me- it tastes like garden soil! Yuck.

This is, to me, earth shattering, as I've taken your advice (unbeknownst to you, I'm sure) many, many times on here.



Fuggles are, as is, my favorite hops to date. Granted, I appreciate a beer with a maltier profile over all others -- which is why I started brewing (so I could control IBUs).

I think they accentuate the (yes, earthy) subtle characteristics of a malty beer. For anyone who like to hover under 20 IBUs, I think they're essential.

That said ( you phrase haters can eat me), I despise -- absolutely reject anything brewed with them -- Cascade hops. I think they're overused, and they've been in every beer I hoist, look at disparagingly, and say, "Yep. I'm not cool enough for this beer."

 

[Big_Blue]

Again, that all said, my upcoming blonde is all US Tettnang, so I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[Jbt]

I hate Simcoe. I know it's supposed to be like the greatest thing since oral sex, but I just can't stand it.

I'm with you there!! I use it for bittering because anything else is just disgusting. It smells and taste like cat pee smells.

 

[temple240]

I'm with you there!! I use it for bittering because anything else is just disgusting. It smells and taste like cat pee smells.

I hope that's not true! I'm bottling a vienna simcoe smash ipa this weekend and I've never brewed with simcoe before. It smelled delicious on brew day and during dry hopping.

 

[Jbt]

I hope that's not true! I'm bottling a vienna simcoe smash ipa this weekend and I've never brewed with simcoe before. It smelled delicious on brew day and during dry hopping.

Some people like it. Hopefully you do. It's my opinion. I love home brewing but hate it. It recked me, made my taste buds very sensitive to flavors and flaws even in commercial beers. Before I just drank it and grabbed another!

 

[Apatride]

I strongly hate the Saaz.

Funnily enough, one of my favourite beers as a teenager was the Jenlain. Then their brewery was bought and I started to dislike the beer not long after, the bitterness was just "off". I guess the fact that they started to use Saaz (common in Alsacian beer) is the reason for that (I actually figured this out quite recently). It is sad to see a good beer being ruined because the new owners decided that it was fine to change the hops for the ones every other brewery in the group was using...

 

[aiptasia]

I'm not a fan of simcoe either. When it's over-used, I find it tastes like someone added a lump of moldy bark to the beer. I like fuggles in Stouts and RIS.

Current favorites are:

• Falconer's Flight: Blended, perfect aroma and flavor for IPA's.
• Bramling Cross: Magic in porters, scotch/irish ales.
• Chinook: My go-to bittering hop for American styles.
• Cascade: Plays well with every kid in the pool.
• The Noble Hops: Hallertau, Tettnang... great for pale ales.

 

[beergynt]

I don't like Nelson Sauvin... I thought the lager I used them in had an off flavor as a result of some technical flaw on my part. Then I tried Pipeworks' At Her Majesty's Pleasure. Turns out the off flavor was the Nelson. Their flavor and aroma remind me a bit of diacetyl.

 

[patthebrewer]

Yes .....fuggles for some reason I just can't warm up to them.

 

[Montanaandy]

I don't like Nelson Sauvin... I thought the lager I used them in had an off flavor as a result of some technical flaw on my part. Then I tried Pipeworks' At Her Majesty's Pleasure. Turns out the off flavor was the Nelson. Their flavor and aroma remind me a bit of diacetyl.

I am finding that Nelson is somewhat fickle as to what it can be paired with. I have brewed the Alpine clone (Duet? can't recall the name) that pairs Nelson with Southern Cross and loved how that turned out. Recently brewed a pilot batch that used Nelson and other Aussie/Kiwi hops (Galaxy & Riwaka) and it turned out completely different - not bad mind you but not what I was expecting based on the Nelson/S. Cross brew. I did notice the diacetyl taste which is interesting but not what I am used to or looking for in an IIPA.

 

[sudbuster]

Oh Yeah, Big time. The thee feckin American C's and Simco. If I want Pine tar and grapefruit, I'll buy it. I sure don't want it in my beer...

 

[slickfish]

I have ruine more than one beer with Columbus. Especially as a dry hop . Dont get me wrong i like a nice bitter some what dank beer but its just too much. Truly horrible. Saaz always taste like soap to me.

 

[JuanMoore]

Another fuggles hater here. Tastes like dirt and moldy grass clippings to me. There are a few others I'm not really a fan of and don't use myself (nugget, saaz, etc), but I find them acceptable in certain styles when used sparingly.

 

[BridgeBrew]

I bought a pound of Bravo and used it for bittering in 3 batches and they all have a weird aftertaste that i just cant describe. wont be using it anymore.

Zythos tastes like a bale of grass to me, pretty overrated. And i was so excited about how they wrote the promo describing it....

 

[Pilgarlic]

So far, the following have been hated: fuggle, citra, summit, nugget, belma, zythos, styrian goldings, cluster, cascade, magnum, willamette, galena, simcoe, northern brewer, pride of ringwood, saaz, bramling, nelson sauvin, columbus, chinook, centennial.

The following are in need of haters: Amarillo, pacific jade, southern cross, hersbrucker, crystal, ahtanum, warrior, galaxy, sterling, santiam and mt hood.

C'mon, you Amarillo, pacific jade, southern cross, hersbrucker, crystal, ahtanum, warrior, galaxy, sterling, santiam and mt hood haters!

 

[JuanMoore]

So far, the following have been hated: fuggle, citra, summit, nugget, belma, zythos, styrian goldings, cluster, cascade, magnum, willamette, galena, simcoe, northern brewer, pride of ringwood, saaz, bramling, nelson sauvin, columbus, chinook, centennial.

The following are in need of haters: Amarillo, pacific jade, southern cross, hersbrucker, crystal, ahtanum, warrior, galaxy, sterling, santiam and mt hood.

C'mon, you Amarillo, pacific jade, southern cross, hersbrucker, crystal, ahtanum, warrior, galaxy, sterling, santiam and mt hood haters!

I don't think anyone hates Amarillo. Give it time and you'll probably find haters for the rest though.

 

[twalte]

I don't think anyone hates Amarillo. Give it time and you'll probably find haters for the rest though.

Hard to hate it when you can't find it. I will be buying earlier next year

 

[treehousebrewing]

I feel like there's a really hip trend lately to use Nelson Sauvin and Citra as the primary hops in craft IPAs lately (lagunitas daytime comes to mind), and I think they both lend a real cat-pissy, white grape juice, oily element to beer. Not a fan of either in situations like that. Laughing dog Citra IPA has been the only exception to this in my experience.

 

[befus]

So far, the following have been hated: fuggle, citra, summit, nugget, belma, zythos, styrian goldings, cluster, cascade, magnum, willamette, galena, simcoe, northern brewer, pride of ringwood, saaz, bramling, nelson sauvin, columbus, chinook, centennial.

The following are in need of haters: Amarillo, pacific jade, southern cross, hersbrucker, crystal, ahtanum, warrior, galaxy, sterling, santiam and mt hood.

C'mon, you Amarillo, pacific jade, southern cross, hersbrucker, crystal, ahtanum, warrior, galaxy, sterling, santiam and mt hood haters!

Kinda proves the strokes for folks mantra. Lots of opinions. Lots of "advanced" brewers who dislike fuggles. Wonder if it is because they like hoppy beers? I have not, and will not in all liklihood brew an IPA because I am not a hop head. I use fuggles quite a bit, but not enough to really let them get a hold of you. Just a nice mellow amount in malt forward beers. I do like cascades in moderation though. Today is brew day and I'm using Northern Brewer as bittering hops and Cascades as a five min addition in a vanilla bourbon porter. Prost!

 

[kingwood-kid]

The following are in need of haters: Amarillo, pacific jade, southern cross, hersbrucker, crystal, ahtanum, warrior, galaxy, sterling, santiam and mt hood.

Okay, I'll go ahead and hate pacific jade, southern cross, ahtanum, galaxy and santiam, along with anything I missed from New Zealand, since I don't believe these hops actually exist. Except Wakatu, I can't hate anything that's so fun to say.

 

[Pilgarlic]

Pacific jade, southern cross, ahtanum, galaxy and santiam down.

Amarillo, hersbrucker, crystal, warrior, sterling and mt. hood to go.

 

[Kealia]

I don't want to meet the brewer that hates Amarillo.

 

[TyTanium]

I bought a pound of Bravo and used it for bittering in 3 batches and they all have a weird aftertaste that i just cant describe.

Interesting. That's been my go-to bittering hop since I also bought a pound of it. I haven't tasted anything weird.