Best hops for aroma

[BetterSense]

What's your favorite hops for dry hopping? For dry hopping light pale ales, I'm looking for a fruity/floral scent and less grassy/strong scents. Alpha acids don't matter for dry hopping, right?

 

[teucer]

Depends what you're looking for, but from your description I'd reach for the Cascades myself.

 

[xjmox14x]

I dry hopped with cascade and citra and it's a very nice fruity aroma. And correct, alpha acids have no impact when using for dry-hop.

 

[samc]

Centennial, Chinook, Cascade, Crystal

C is for Aroma ?


Forgot Simcoe, it does have a C in it!

 

[unionrdr]

Those are citrusy, not so much fruity/floral. That description would denote something more like Willamette,Kent Golding,Fuggle Haulertauer to name a few. Some of those other ones do have some floral character,but the citrus buries it,I think.

 

[skeezerpleezer]

Citra has a lot of tropical fruit aroma.

 

[bjl110]

I'd vote centennial for fruity/floral.

 

[bigbeergeek]

I'd vote centennial for fruity/floral.

+1, my fav dry hop for IPAs and APAs.

 

[phillipb115]

Citra!

 

[Buna_Bere]

Willamette's got some big aroma, orangey, spicey is what I get.


Someone else posted this, its got some good info.
USA Hop Variety Manual

 

[badlee]

Amarillo or Glacier