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Interestingly, this past weekend I sampled a Rye heavy IPA made exclusively with Simcoe hops (only 2 weeks in the bottle, I couldn't wait to try it!). When I shut my eyes and set forth to savor the hop aroma, I found it to be indistinguishable from a glass of pink grapefruit juice. Completely indistinguishable. It's my first time using simcoe, so I don't know whether it's the simcoe itself, or the interplay of the simcoe and rye/wheat, but I thought you'd like to know.:D
 
You stole my idea!

I'll be following this to see how it turns out.
 
The owner of my LHBS brews what he calls a "summer time orange beer" that uses no hops. All the bitterness comes from the orange zest. He says it's great but I've never tried it.


I can see that. From my experience, any citrus zest has more bitterness than flavor, so it could be a substitute for hops for sure.
 
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