I may be a loner in this lol But I dont like Hoppy beers

[azmark]

I was in a I hate IPA mode for many many years,,,,but unless you've tried a few IPAs over the past couple years, you really never know. With the boom of late hops, c hops, wet hops, etc. There are many types of IPAs with many different flavor profiles, from pine, to floral, to citrus, from light and dry, to sticky and sweet.

It may be that you've just not found "your" IPA yet.

The one that did it for me was Big Sky IPA. Considered an average IPA by many, I just love the sticky sweet, citrus, grapefruit explosion it gives. Still hard to have more than two, but what a wonderful 2! And I say, drink them first before the other beers dull your taste buds. (then there's that whole drink it fresh problem,,,take the same great IPA and age it for 6 months, and you'll get a bitter skunky smelling beer)

 

[dbsmith]

I remember when SNPA used to taste really bitter to me and I was not a fan. Now I really enjoy hoppy beers. I think it is just an acquired taste for some people. It's like red wine...I used to hate that tannic bite of it, but now it's one of my favorite parts of it.

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

I used to hate hoppy beers but now I don't mind them from time to time.

 

[BuddyWeiser]

I thought I didn't like hops. But then after I started making my own recipes, I made it a point to brew beer styles I don't like (or didn't, rather). I figure that if I can make a beer that matches my tastes as much as possible within the guidelines of a style that I don't prefer, and if that beer ends up tasting good enough to drink, then I know I'm doing well. So I brewed an IIPA. It was amazing. Not just good, but one of the best things I've ever made!

I still don't prefer very much bitterness, but now through my own experience, I know hop flavor and aroma are where it's at.

 

[Jeffh97]

My opinion is anyone that follows beer long enough will grow to love hops. I remember when I did not like IPAs and now they are battling their way into my favorite style.

 

[beergolf]

I like the diversity of choices we have in Beer. Some days I want Hoppy other days Malty, I don't feel like pegging myself to one taste or another. I like choices!
To each, their own!

I am the same. In my beer fridge I always have a range of brews so I can drink what I feel like at the moment. Right now in my fridge is an IPA, an Amber ale, a porter, a stout, a Tripel, a Dubbel, and a Saison. I just opened a saison and may have an amber afterer that.

Variety.

 

[Halbrust]

I like beers that have a malt or almost sweetness to it...

ME TOO!!!
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/hops-not-better-352618/

Hops are a natural aphrodisiac for women but a sexual sedative to men.

Do you have some scientific data on this? I've never heard anything like it and am intrigued.

 

[Rbeckett]

Hops were originally a way to help prevent the brew from going rancid and being no good in the old wooden kegs. Hops have some weird chems that actually reduce oxidation and work against certain bacteria. I'm with you though, I prefer a good smooth malty brew with a firm head and a good coat the inside of your moth goodness mothfeel. But thats just me, Your tastes may be different, and that is OK too, thats why homebrew has different recipes. One will suit you too..
Wheelchair Bob

 

[hoops_hops]

I like the diversity of choices we have in Beer. Some days I want Hoppy other days Malty, I don't feel like pegging myself to one taste or another. I like choices!
To each, their own!

Well said, sometimes at a good beer bar I have to sample 2-3 different styles to really know what I'm in the mood for. My tastes range from an enamel wrecker like 90 minute pale ale, to something smooth and malty like St. Peter's cream ale. But what is always tue for my taste is that a big hoppy beer needs to have some malt balance to even out the bitterness.

 

[feinbera]

Drink what you like, and like what you drink!

Anybody who tells you what a beer is "supposed to be" is blowing smoke, unless it's the brewer, talking about what they were trying to achieve in that particular recipe or batch. Heck, even Bud-Miller-Coors deserve some props for hitting the exact type of beer they intend to, day in and day out, millions of gallons a day, 365 days a year. Somebody who's willing to write off the whole spectrum of beers that aren't hop-forward is missing out on almost as many beers as somebody who's willing to write off the whole spectrum of beers that aren't fizzy yellow rice water.

 

[chalmer9]

I said the exact same thing a couple years ago OP. I am now the complete opposite. Malty beers are boring to me.

 

[Big_Cat]

I have tasted many beer styles but i still haven't gotten used to the over hopped or the burnt taste of stouts ....Maybe some day i will learn to appreciate then

 

[CKL958]

Was at a local beer club meeting this past weekend. Lots of different beers came out - sweet and malty, to downright bitter. Can't say I had a bad beer really. Can say there are beers that I would lean towards, but everyone has their own preferences.

 

[Rideandbrew]

Try the Stone IPA.Sweet malt flavor and delicious hop goodness.
I always feel like a ****** buying beer with a gargoyle on it though.

 

[IffyG]

I'll join you, Sierra Nevada is a hoppy beer and I hate it !!!!.............

I don't even perceive the bitterness in Sierra Nevada pale ale anymore. It's like drinking water for a hop head.

 

[Tiber_Brew]

+1 for balance

Yes, IPA is an inherently unbalanced style, but I gravitate towards (and brew) the more "balanced" IPAs. Then again, I like a beer that will leave me happy after one pint or seven, and anything in between.

 

[passedpawn]

I love hops.

Occasionally I find myself without an IPA on tap and it's like days without sun. I have profound, deep introspective sessions with my brewing self on how this happens, then vow to never let it happen again. But it does because I am weak and flawed.

I love hops, and I would marry them and have babies with them but they are elusive and won't settle down. But I'll accept this sinful life of promiscuity: it's better than no hops at all.

I had a box of newborn puppies. They didn't like hops. Poor little puppies. That was a while ago; then, they opened their eyes. They love hops now.

I've often considered retiring and wandering the country, planting hop rhizomes everywhere. I'd have newspaperboy sacks hanging from my shoulders, overflowing with prepubescent hop love. Johnny Hoppleseed.

I love hops.

 

[Tiber_Brew]

I love hops.

Occasionally I find myself without an IPA on tap and it's like days without sun. I have profound, deep introspective sessions with my brewing self on how this happens, then vow to never let it happen again. But it does because I am weak and flawed.

I love hops, and I would marry them and have babies with them but they are elusive and won't settle down. But I'll accept this sinful life of promiscuity: it's better than no hops at all.

I had a box of newborn puppies. They didn't like hops. Poor little puppies. That was a while ago; then, they opened their eyes. They love hops now.

I've often considered retiring and wandering the country, planting hop rhizomes everywhere. I'd have newspaperboy sacks hanging from my shoulders, overflowing with prepubescent hop love. Johnny Hoppleseed.

I love hops.

I....I, suddenly have a craving for HopSlam... What?

 

[aubiecat]

I used to hate hoppy beers too until I had Sierra Nevada Bigfoot. That is the one that taught me how to savor a hoppy beer.

 

[Big_Cat]

Hmmmm May have to try Bigfoot

 

[+HopSpunge+]

I'm the complete opposite of the O.P. I hate drinking anything sugary sweet. I think it all stems from a traumatic childhood. My father while I grew up always made boatloads of homade wine; still does at 67. So as a young adventurous boy little HopSpunge would tiptoe down to the basement and stuff a backpack full of red zinfindell. Off I would go over to a friends house, or into the fields to totally abuse sweet red wine with everyone. This went on for a long time. Sick as a dog many times. I think this helped develop my hatred of sweet liquids. Now, many many years later my love for hops I can not hide. I grow hops. I horde hops fearing another hop embargo. I stare at all of the hops in my feezer and fridge dailly. My house ale is like getting sand-blasted in the face with hops. Ending on a good note, I turned my dad into a hophead (he still likes wine also)................

 

[lgilmore]

I was not a hoppy fellow either till I learned about Oaking.. Neighbor had me try his IPA, held it up to my nose... hoppy smell (fine and good), took a big drink, very flavorful (always good) and swallowed ...... No bitter beer face, no terrible hoppy bitterness as it drops down the throathole...just the nice memmory of what was on your tounge. I asked him what did he do?? Oaked...

I have found this to be true with every hoppy beer I make now. Some oaking and suddenly, it's pretty good.

 

[Big_Cat]

Oaking....nice .... I will try it for sure

 

[Zuljin]

I'm coming around to them but still don't go for the hopstreme brews.

 

[BeerTheory]

I don't understand the following in the high hops beer, its like drinking medicine that you are forced to drink. I like beers that have a malt or almost sweetness to it... A friend keeps telling me that beers high in Hops its what beer is suppose to be and I firmly disagree ... Can someone explain why is it so important to have high hop smells and taste? Just wondering

I felt compelled to join this forum just so I could respond. The four main tastes that our buds can detect are salt, sweet, sour, and bitter. We humans, like most animals, have evolved to love the first two and hate the second two. It teaches us not to eat too much stuff that would probably kill us.

But some modicum of dissonance is necessary to make flavors, and life, interesting and delicious. That's why we love chocolate.

Although hops are a great preservative that allows beer to survive the journey to India, my beer doesn't have to travel that far. So I have no need to assault my senses with bitterness. Rich flavors can be found in better balanced beers.

Embrace and rejoice in the beer drinker you are!

 

[digitaldeluge]

Its all taste, I recently found I don't enjoy really hoppy beers as much as I thought. I pick up really hoppy beers here and there and thought I enjoyed them quite allot so much so that when I had the chance to grab a 1/6 barrel of Sierra Nevada Hoptimum I jumped on it . That was months ago and there is still a few pints in the keg, and at points its almost been a chore to drink . It's all personal taste and for me a little goes a long way with super hoppy beers.
On the other side of the coin I will happily quickly down a half barrel of Guiness (all be it not in one sitting) which might seem disgusting to some, its all taste.

 

[iaefebs]

I felt compelled to join this forum just so I could respond. The four main tastes that our buds can detect are salt, sweet, sour, and bitter. We humans, like most animals, have evolved to love the first two and hate the second two. It teaches us not to eat too much stuff that would probably kill us.

But some modicum of dissonance is necessary to make flavors, and life, interesting and delicious. That's why we love chocolate.

Although hops are a great preservative that allows beer to survive the journey to India, my beer doesn't have to travel that far. So I have no need to assault my senses with bitterness. Rich flavors can be found in better balanced beers.

Embrace and rejoice in the beer drinker you are!

Welcome to HBT BeerTheory. First Time I've ever seen "modicum of dissonance" in a first post.

 

[+HopSpunge+]

Wow I had to bust out the dictionary.

 

[mlyday]

I always had a preference for the maltier beer, but once I got on here it seemed like everyone was all talking about the 100 ibu and super hoppy beers. I tried one and couldnt finish it, way too bitter. I went back to my malt bombs and was happy. Last year I decided to brew a pale ale, using less bitter and more citrusy hops. it came in at around 35 ibus, not really hoppy but alot more than I was use too. I loved it. I have found quite a few ipa's that I like, not all of them have the dry mouth puckering bitterness. Alot or pretty citrusy and tasty. Its definatly something you have to work into.

 

[billf2112]

I always wonder why those who love happy beers feel that others need to learn to love them. I also love the aroma of hops, I like scented candles, but I do not want to eat one.

I have been drinking beer for over 30 years and still like maltier brews. My first real beer was when I was stationed in Germany.

I appreciate others taste and let it go there. If you come to my house and want a happy beer, bring it with you, everything I brew is 25 ibu or less.

The beauty of brewing, is that you can design and brew the exact beers you like to drink. Most of the beer I brew I drink, so guess whose taste buds I am brewing for?

Hops and malt can be like politics and religion, everyone has their own beliefs and it may be best to not try to force them in others just respect one another.