Which hop for grapefruit

[Grimsawyer]

Which hop is it that you have used to get the most grapefruit taste. Maybe it's a combination. Maybe it's just one. The more eplies to this thread with opinions the closer we can all get to nailing down that elusive, yet highly atainable property alot of us love. The grapefruit flavor.

 

[delboy]

amarillo is supposed to be the one for grapefruit as far as i know.

 

[Dude]

I'd say Amarillo is "peachy" as well, so honestly I'd go with Cascade or Centennial.

 

[delboy]

i've got to get me some of that amarillo, grapefruit and peachy, that sounds very nice im sure my swmbo would love it.

 

[Dude]

i've got to get me some of that amarillo, grapefruit and peachy, that sounds very nice im sure my swmbo would love it.

Dude, mix Amarillo and Simcoe. It is wonderful! Like tropical fruit!

 

[the_bird]

I'd say Amarillo is "peachy" as well, so honestly I'd go with Cascade or Centennial.

Those three together are REAL nice...

 

[Dude]

Those three together are REAL nice...

Next time I brew LWPA I'm adding Centennial to the mix. I can't wait!

 

[delboy]

Dude, mix Amarillo and Simcoe. It is wonderful! Like tropical fruit!

sounds great, not sure i can get my hands on simcoe over here but im going to have a good hunt around and see if i can.

 

[gguess]

I found that Saphir has left a strong grapefruit taste to a batch of Gluten Free sorghum beer. I used 3oz at flameout for aroma. Very in your face taste of grapefruit even with the aftertaste in the back of the tongue.

 

[dirty_martini]

i wouldnt use centennial for grapefruit...i always get a really floral character from them (see stone IPA, bells two hearted, sierra harvest).

amarillo + cascade (more amarillo) works great.

 

[schweaty]

Now if only I could find that cartoon video Revvy posted months ago....

 

[Austinhomebrew]

Cluster is the grapefruit king.

 

[arturo7]

Nelson Sauvin

 

[dwarven_stout]

Perhaps this will help:

 

[cookietruck]

Dude, mix Amarillo and Simcoe. It is wonderful! Like tropical fruit!

i did an amarillo and simcoe ipa.
tasting the readings and some wort when i transferred to keg, it was very grapefruity.

 

[schweaty]

Perhaps this will help:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNm_KCnEAEs

Ah yes, this is the video. Thanks!

 

[clipperskip]

Nelson Sauvin

I guess that taste is subjective but I get no "grapefruit from Nelson Sauvin. I think they taste like grapes or a sweet white wine.

 

[arturo7]

White wine that tastes like grapefruit!

 

[GuldTuborg]

My last rye (22%) pale ale was hopped exclusively with Simcoe. For the first 6 weeks it was in the bottle, the aroma was indistinguishable from pink grapefruit juice. I actually fooled one of my friends by having him close his eves, sniff, and guess. That was priceless. The taste had quite a bit of grapefruit, too. I'm convinced it was the combination of rye in the grainbill with the Simcoe hops. Give it a try!

 

[rawlus]

Cluster is the grapefruit king.

agree. cluster has more pronounced pink grapefruit aroma than any other hop ive found...

 

[OLDBREW]

"chinook", "cascade" are 1 and 2, amarillo has more floral/citrusy notes so does centennial. the famous 3 C's are chinook, centennial, cascade. that combo in a pale ale sings grapefruit if there ever was

 

[kevink]

I don't know about Amarillo tasting and smelling like grapefruit. I brewed this all Amarillo IPA ( https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f69/all-amarillo-ipa-28517/ ) and it tasted and smelled like oranges. Very, very much so. Then, I tried Hill Farmstead's All Amarillo IPA and it was totally grapefruit. Not a hint of orange. Now I'm totally confused.

 

[day_trippr]

fwiw, the actual answer to the original question is definitely Citra...

Cheers!

 

[edmanster]

Cascade has my vote.....
Had a friends dry hopped saison last night and he used citra and summit mixed, alot of orange then a little grapefruit...

 

[Chriso]

Cluster if you can get it, followed by Cascade... or even better, just smother the thing in 'C's... Cascade/Centennial/Cluster will give you very citrusy, grapefruity hop profile, adding Amarillo and Simcoe into the mix might darn near push you into citrus fruit punch territory.

 

[BilltownBandit]

I made an IPA that I bittered with chinook then bursted with a mix of Citra and Cascade and it tasted VERY strongly of grapefruit.

My hopping schedule was :

1oz of Chinook (60 min)
.5 Oz of Both Citra and Cascade at 30 min
the same blend of citra and cascade at 20, ten and flameout

 

[dmckean44]

I don't know about Amarillo tasting and smelling like grapefruit. I brewed this all Amarillo IPA ( https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f69/all-amarillo-ipa-28517/ ) and it tasted and smelled like oranges. Very, very much so. Then, I tried Hill Farmstead's All Amarillo IPA and it was totally grapefruit. Not a hint of orange. Now I'm totally confused.

Dry hopping can bring out different aromas and can make the beer taste different. Also IPAs change with age.

 

[Chriso]

For what it is worth, I do not associate Amarillo (when used straight with no other hop additions) with grapefruit. I find it more reminiscent of either pineapple, orange, or tangerine in nature. Mostly Pineapple.

 

[ClarnoBrewer]

It's funny how everyone experiences the flavors differently. I think most people would disagree with me, but I think Crystal has a great grapefruit aroma. It's what Rogue uses in the Brutal IPA. Every official description I've read refers to it as floral, but it sure comes off to me as grapefruity.

 

[zodiak3000]

The last IPA I brewed with exclusively equal amounts of simcoe and centennial was pure grapefruit. Ive also had big grapefruit flavors/aroma from chinook + centennial.