Hop Desensitized?(hop Tolerance)

[cheezydemon3]

I remember my first double IPA experience, it was DFH 90. So bitter I couldn't finish the bottle. A few years later, and I can down a Ruination without thinking much about it, and DFH 90 now seems like a malty double IPA to me. I'm sure if I gave up hops for awhile my lupulin sensitivity would return, but I prefer being able to enjoy both malty and hoppy beers.

I find the same pleasure with hot peppers.

The legendary 7POT pepper was untasteable and left me nearly throwing up 3 years ago.

Now, with a great deal of tolerance, I can enjoy and comment on the flavor, even though it is still an off the map face melter.

The salt de-sensetization is not cool! More salt is bad for you.

 

[cheezydemon3]

OK. On the Wagon.

My last brew was a slightly caramelly amber that left me disappointed. Fairly one dimensional.

I asked SWMBO for a critique last night after she said she liked it.

"It's almost a sierra nevada clone", she said........

PHUCK ME.

I make a decent brew and can't enjoy it.

The only benefit, is that I can easilly disect hoppy beers to taste the underlying ingredients.

No BEER for a month.

 

[Hang Glider]

No BEER for a month.

Cheezy - that's harsh. I'm in the same boat - Love the hops and bitterness - but now when I drink a standard IPA - the bitterness doesn't get me - now I notice is how fresh the dry-hop is (or not)...

(I also recommend a Bell's HopSlam - 10%, similar in taste, profile to a Ruination)

But - I've just moved over to porters for a while. I'm NOT giving up drinking!

 

[cheezydemon3]

HG.

I also overdo hot peppers, coffee, and strong flavors in general (sometimes meaning SALTY). I am going to try no coffee, beer or added spice or salt for a month.

 

[robtotten]

I could taste the 28 IBU's 6 months ago, now I can't. I appreciate the specs, but what is your point?



Lol, I experienced a similar tolerance with hot peppers. Rather than eat bell peppers for 6 months, I just got hotter peppers.

Same here. I used to think Sri Racha was hot as all hell, now I use that **** like ketchup and go straight to the fermented chili garlic paste if I want something spicy.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Same here. I used to think Sri Racha was hot as all hell, now I use that **** like ketchup and go straight to the fermented chili garlic paste if I want something spicy.

Recipe? Fermented garlic chili paste! WOW!

My goto is just salt, vinegar, and enough 7 POT powder to make it super thick. It burns holes in my tongue, but I can't do without it!

 

[Brewinator]

HG.

I also overdo hot peppers, coffee, and strong flavors in general (sometimes meaning SALTY). I am going to try no coffee, beer or added spice or salt for a month.

Ha ha, I was just thinking the exact thing today. I have some of the hottest red sauce imaginable, but now I can drink it like Gatorade on a hot day.

Just dropped double the recommended amount of Cascade hop extract into a couple of Stone IPA's last night. Have a little grain with your hops.

Oh well, at least our tolerance problem isn't with heroin...

 

[elproducto]

I feel the same way.. hops have ruined me. I have a beautiful batch of BM's Kona Fire Rock Pale Ale, that my non-hophead friends are loving. All I keep thinking is.. it's tasty, but just not hoppy enough!

 

[Brewinator]

I feel the same way.. hops have ruined me. I have a beautiful batch of BM's Kona Fire Rock Pale Ale, that my non-hophead friends are loving. All I keep thinking is.. it's tasty, but just not hoppy enough!

The one type of tolerance I have lost with age is my alcohol tolerance, which has dropped considerably. I've always had bad hangovers, but now I get them from a couple of 22's of double IPA. :cross:

I've decided I'm going to start brewing lower alcohol IPAs, like in the 5-6% range, so I can get my hop fix without the next-morning headaches, plus less calories.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Ha ha, I was just thinking the exact thing today. I have some of the hottest red sauce imaginable, but now I can drink it like Gatorade on a hot day.

Just dropped double the recommended amount of Cascade hop extract into a couple of Stone IPA's last night. Have a little grain with your hops.

Oh well, at least our tolerance problem isn't with heroin...

Agreed, it could be worse, and if everyone I love sucked down ruination like it was nothing, it wouldn't be a problem.

I just hate not being able to intelligently discuss commercial beer or even my own brews. No one is tasting what I am.

The one type of tolerance I have lost with age is my alcohol tolerance, which has dropped considerably. I've always had bad hangovers, but now I get them from a couple of 22's of double IPA. :cross:

I've decided I'm going to start brewing lower alcohol IPAs, like in the 5-6% range, so I can get my hop fix without the next-morning headaches, plus less calories.

I have gone almost entirely to low ABV beers. I like to be able to have 3-4 without being drunk.

Hangover?????

My homebrew NEVER gives me a hangover. The times I get just retarded and wake up a little drunk, I am definitely a little slow the next day, but never a headache.

DAY 2 OF NO BEER. (god help me)