Dry Hopping Bud Light

[phynes1]

Anyone ever used bud light as a vehicle for testing the dry hopping characteristics of various hop varieties? Similar to the link below.

If so, did you find it effective? 

http://www.bertusbrewery.com/2013/03/dry-hopped-bud-light.html

[Bubbles]

I used Heineken to do this many years ago, and it was rubbish. Just tasted like grass and knocked all of the carbonation out of the beer. I'd say its a very ineffective way of evaluating hop varieties.

[Bazza]

Ditto. Tried it with Peroni and all I got was a combination of a mossy-tasting flat lager with bits in it.

Compared to Bud it was still outstanding.

-Barry

[delzep]

Yep we tried it at a Liffey Brewers meeting with various hops in coors light and they all tasted rank

[Leann ull]

Throw some into hot water and let them cool if you want to know

[molc]

You'll get the aroma but not the flavours I'm guessing though no?

[Bubbles]

Yep.. an aroma of raw cabbage, iirc..

[Ciaran]

Always wondered how come a randall doesn't have the same vegetal grassy taste?  Tasted several of White Hags beer through a randall at alltech and they were superb.

[Bubbles]

The first couple of pints through a hop filled Randall are very grassy. Had one at the RDS fest a couple of years ago, and the grassiness was over the top. The flavour seems to settle down after a few uses.

[fobster]

You'll get the aroma but not the flavours I'm guessing though no?

I used Coors Light for this, 3 pellets in each bottle for 4 days. I didn't label which hops were in which, but I used Simcoe, Centennial and Sorachi Ace. Definitely knew the Simcoe aroma.