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Can you guys recommend five highly aromatic/flavourful US hops to do SMASH with?

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Hard to describe. It was definitely different. It was still good and I liked it, but would rank it as average of the brews I have done.

Nugget is described as herbal and spicy.

In the pale ales I have done though I have done a lot American Pale ales with a lot of citrus flavor from the hops I use, so I guess that is the difference in comparison.

I did a smash with Va grown nugget. They smelled woodsy or spicy in the bag, but we're very weak for flavor/aroma in the beer.

I'm going to put in a good word here for the floral-type hops. Mt Hood is a good one. Crystal is very subtle an unusually sweet. It can't stand up to Munich malt, but is good with pale or pilsner.
 
I've done Citra and cascade. I like Cascade better in a single hop beer. Both were IPA, and both had different water profiles, so I wasn't comparing apples to apples.
So never mind....
 
I have thought about Legacy. It is supposed to pair well with the C hops. It would be interesting to do a Maris SMaSH with it. Then, if desirable start adding hops. Starting with a dry hop. Devide Secondary between 2-3 fermentors. Legacy, chinook, CLZ for example.
 
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