To Warrior or not to warrior

[ElJefeBrews]

Just picked up some Maris otter and nelson hops. My intention was to make a SMaSH ipa but then ran across some leftover warrior hops in my freezer. Now pondering if I should make a SMaDH instead using warrior for bittering. Any thoughts, suggestions, criticisms on this? Anybody tried this combo?

 

[NedStackey]

I like using warrior hops for bittering. Throw them all together, see how it goes.

Personally never used the Nelson hops.

 

[ElJefeBrews]

They're a new Zealand hop. Supposed to have a very fruit forward flavor. Especially grape

 

[Cbaddad]

Use the warrior. I love it as a bittering charge. Go easy with the Nelson. I would suggest you pair it with something else. I love the hop, but feel like a bunch of it by itself is too much. It plays well with pretty much everything.

 

[catdaddy66]

I have been itching to use 4 oz of warrior I've had about a year. Best use of them would be in an IPA I think, but initially I was to use them in a sMasH but I couldn't use them all and I needed to... I'll eventually do that original idea of a smash!


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[ElJefeBrews]

That was my reasoning behind using warrior... to not have an overbearing grape taste. I'm def gonna try thIs now. Will update once it's ready to drink

 

[ElJefeBrews]

I have been itching to use 4 oz of warrior I've had about a year. Best use of them would be in an IPA I think, but initially I was to use them in a sMasH but I couldn't use them all and I needed to... I'll eventually do that original idea of a smash!


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I've heard warrior isn't much good for anything other than bittering

 

[mxchap]

I made a Warrior SMaSH last summer.
My verdict was that in addition to it being a great bittering hop, Warrior could be an useful aroma hop in some circumstances (I got some substantial lemon/grassy aroma).
The flavor it imparted was a little too plain/grassy to stand by itself.
Just my 2cents.

 

[julioardz]

I have only used Warrior for bittering. I'll use it at the beginning of the boil to get most of the bitterness I'm trying to achieve, saving the better flavor/aroma hops for late additions, steeping, and dry hopping.