Your Favorite Underappreciated Hops

[TNGabe]

With all the pellet release hype going on I'm wondering what your favorite unsung hero of the hop world is and for what style beer.

I've got a Brewer's Gold and Strisselspalt Biere de Mars lagering for about another month that smells heavenly.

 

[othellomcbane]

Brewer's Gold has intrigued me for a while, as well as Pacific Gem. I'm planning a black IPA around them to see if I really do get a black currant / blackberry character.

 

[huntingohio]

Just started playing with brambling cross, I like it alot

 

[Atonk]

Ditto on Bramling Cross. I would have to say Nelson Sauvin and Summit; I like those in small doses combined with other hops when dry hopping.

 

[alane1]

northern brewer-as a dry hop, most people usually use it for bittering but has an amazing aroma well suited for english ales

 

[Herky21]

Saaz

 

[tagz]

You know with all the simcoe, citra, centennial, and amarillo love going around, it's been a long time since I've brewed a cascade heavy beer. Wondering if I should stock up on some cascade since the price is right and I don't have to fight to find it...

 

[blakelyc]

I really like cascade..... And I know it isn't a single hop, but I have a house IPA wih zythos hop blend that is rockin'. Tasty and easy to use.

 

[bellmtbbq]

Southern Cross (NZ)! Can't say enough.

Summit is very nice also.

 

[dannypo]

I love Challenger. It goes in all my hippy English ales.

Another I really like is Northern Brewer. I don't care for it alone but it adds complexity to any hoppy beer.

 

[Nugent]

Northern Brewer. Makes a great SMaSH with Vienna malt.

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

Saaz

 

[Billybrewer09]

Willamette and fuggle

 

[mb82]

Cascade for me

Willamette and fuggle

Interesting, I have a Willamette SMASH going right now and next planned beer will be all Fuggles.

 

[Doog_Si_Reeb]

I'm going to vote for Cascade. It's the veteran American hop surrounded by all the "new" hotshots (Amarillo, Simcoe, Citra, etc.). I made an American Stout earlier this year and hopped it like a Black IPA with all Cascade in the late additions. That was a wonderfully aromatic and tasty brew.

That being said, I'm super excited that I was able to pick up a pound of 2012 Simcoe.

 

[HoppyDaze]

Galena and saaz

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

Motueka. It's a great New Zealand hop that I first tried when I brewed SD Slims Lemon Lime Hefe. Since I've used it in Blondes and IPAs. It has an awesome and unique flavor/aroma.

 

[HoppyDaze]

There are so many hops!

 

[dbrewski]

Northern Brewer. Makes a great SMaSH with Vienna malt.

Now I'm going to have to try that. I love northern brewer! Gets my vote.
Plus I just tapped a batch of all Vienna w/citra,nelson, and simcoe, just enough to balance the malt. Delicious! I may stop buying 2 row!

 

[Aunt_Ester]

Brewed a smash pale ale with warrior hops. Warrior has a groovy aroma as it came to my surprise.

 

[dbrewski]

Brewed a smash pale ale with warrior hops. Warrior has a groovy aroma as it came to my surprise.

I've been bittering with warrior, never tried it as an aroma hop. How does it smell/taste in a brew?

 

[pm5k00]

Nugget and Summit

 

[Dirty25]

I like citra



....ok just kidding, for me it's Cascade. It is a do anything hop. Porters, stouts, barleywine, and IPA's/IIPA's it works in all those beers.

 

[TNGabe]

Cascade for me


Interesting, I have a Willamette SMASH going right now and next planned beer will be all Fuggles.

I made a beer with pale and rye malts, t-58, and willamette that came out really nicely. And at $.85/lb for malt, under $1/oz for the hops, and $2 for the yeast it was well under $20 for the batch with all the other costs factored in.

Who doesn't appreciate Saaz? That's not cool. I've got an all Saaz strong golden ale lagering.

 

[Xpertskir]

Southern Cross (NZ)! Can't say enough.

hush

 

[bobbrews]

Apollo and Horizon are excellent. Apollo is citrusy/dank/piney, Horizon is grapefruity/smooth/clean, both are highly aromatic. But neither of them are talked about as much as the typical C hops or Simcoe/Amarillo.

 

[thughes]

Styrian Goldings in a Bitter or pale (think GI Honkers Ale)

 

[moti_mo]

Styrian Goldings is way under-appreciated and is good in so many beers

 

[theblaster]

I've been playing with Sorachi Ace on and off for about a year now. It's like soy sauce or reverb. A little too much is a lot too much. But just a touch (rarely more than 20% of the entire hop total) at 5 min gives a really interesting, distinctive dill flavor that I find really intriguing. I like maybe an ounce in a hoppy wheat or an ounce and a half in a C-hop IPA.

 

[OldWorld]

I'm a big fan of Tettnanger. The Riwaka hop of New Zealand is one of my favorites. It's a smooth one and great dual purpose variety.