Your Favorite Underappreciated Hops

[mindcrime]

Another vote for glacier. Fun, cheap, tasty, versitile.

 

[sweetcell]

Maybe not at your LHBS, but you can always find centennial from somewhere. It was a little thin from some suppliers, while others had plenty. By the end of December, going into January you'll be able to find it everywhere again

i don't think that'll be the case. all signs lead me to believe that stocks will continue to decline.

i'll bet you a pound of centennial that come january, we won't be "able to find it everywhere". we would have to define what that means (hence how to dtermine the bet), but i'm unfortunately of the opinion that availability will be very low.

 

[Soma]

FYI - Citra and Centennial are the furthest thing away from underappreciated hops.

My vote goes to Glacier.

 

[RmikeVT]

I started a Pale Ale project where I was going to bitter everything with Magnum and late addition with U.S. Hops starting with the letter A making my way through Z. Well, I got distracted, and never made it past the first one, but I used Ahtnum and it was delicious. I rarely see that hop mentioned and I loved that brew.

 

[scottland]

i don't think that'll be the case. all signs lead me to believe that stocks will continue to decline.

i'll bet you a pound of centennial that come january, we won't be "able to find it everywhere". we would have to define what that means (hence how to dtermine the bet), but i'm unfortunately of the opinion that availability will be very low.

Self fulfilling prophecies.

And cascade and centennial don't have the hype that the hops du jour right now have (citra, Amarillo, Simcoe, etc)

 

[Glynn]

Palisade yum

 

[cheezydemon3]

I want to note it here, cause it may not last.....but GLACIER went from no votes to 50% of the last 6.....

 

[Obliviousbrew]

Glacier it´s a great hop I can get it very easily or cheap here that´s why I go with summit. But I most admit that glacier is a lovely hop.

 

[bellmtbbq]

Palisade yum

Agreed

 

[rockfish42]

Cluster, in a cream ale or a California common, though I tend to like harsher hops.

 

[huntingohio]

This thread is making me brush up on my google foo

some neat info here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hop_varieties#Palisade

 

[stbnj]

I love Ahtanum and will probably use it in an American Bitter recipe I am planning to brew. I used up 2 pounds of it last year. I also really like crystal, I dry hopped a small belgian pale ale in the keg with it and the aroma was great. Palisades are nice too, I did a farmhouse IPA with them that turned out very well.

 

[dbrewski]

I love Ahtanum and will probably use it in an American Bitter recipe I am planning to brew. I used up 2 pounds of it last year. I also really like crystal, I dry hopped a small belgian pale ale in the keg with it and the aroma was great. Palisades are nice too, I did a farmhouse IPA with them that turned out very well.

So how would you describe ahtanum? I always find store descriptions kind of generic (for all hops).

 

[mux]

I get orange/orange peel from ahtanum.

 

[ThePonchoKid]

Pac Gem and Motueka are really nice, unique hops. They'll give a character you don't find in almost any other hops. Nice and melony, tropical, some citrus. I'm a big fan of both and make a hop-burst PA with them (in my recipes)

melony... is there a lot of that in Motueka? I could see how that would dance well with a certain mouth feel, but i don't think i want too much of that in my lager

 

[alane1]

I havn't seen styrian aurora yet.I love this hop.

 

[dbrewski]

melony... is there a lot of that in Motueka? I could see how that would dance well with a certain mouth feel, but i don't think i want too much of that in my lager

I had a single-hop motueka wheat beer here from Half Acre brewing, very hoppy. It was definitely tropical, I didn't get so much melon, but a hit of spiciness in the background. Good enough that I'm sitting on a lb of 2012 as we speak!

 

[tre9er]

melony... is there a lot of that in Motueka? I could see how that would dance well with a certain mouth feel, but i don't think i want too much of that in my lager

pac gem may be more melony but both are very unique and combine them and its interesting

 

[jperry]

Not one mention of Bravo, it paired well with some Apollo. try it!

 

[willness33]

Magnum and willamette. Never tried them in the same brew and don't think it would work well if I did. Love the magnum for buttering. I made an all willamette ale that was a favorite among my friends.

 

[moti_mo]

I havn't seen styrian aurora yet.I love this hop.

I've had the Funkwerks Aurora saison, but that's the only beer (that I know of) that has incorporated these hops. I remember it being good, but not overwhelming. I would be interested in trying these out for myself at some point.

 

[RmikeVT]

Magnum and willamette. Never tried them in the same brew and don't think it would work well if I did. Love the magnum for buttering. I made an all willamette ale that was a favorite among my friends.

Hmm....hop flavored butter.

 

[mccabedoug]

Perle and Spalt. Love 'em both come lager season.

 

[ICWiener]

Challenger. Great dual purpose hop for English ales.

 

[bizarrojosh]

Apollo and cluster are my favorites.

 

[ThePonchoKid]

I had a single-hop motueka wheat beer here from Half Acre brewing, very hoppy. It was definitely tropical, I didn't get so much melon, but a hit of spiciness in the background. Good enough that I'm sitting on a lb of 2012 as we speak!

pac gem may be more melony but both are very unique and combine them and its interesting

I'll be mixing motueka and hallertau in a lager this weekend. I'm just trying to get an idea on what sort addition schedule that i want to use. last week's lager was very low ibu with the matueka more up front of the hallertau

 

[BBL_Brewer]

CTZ for me. I love it for late additions and dry hopping.

 

[Brew-boy]

Galena for me!

 

[Bulls Beers]

Saaz is the one...

 

[Thundercougarfalconbird]

Tett, Crystal, Mt.Hood, Glacier, Warrior are all pretty unsung heroes and I love them all. A lot of the GA pros are putting out a bunch of great late addition Mt.Hood IPA's, they are dank, sticky,sweaty, and awesome. I prefer it to nugget.