What are your preferred type of hops?
I like the American varieties.
American, without a doubt. The more the better.
And I prefer the "old-fashioned" American varieties, rather than the hipster (and ridiculously expensive) varieties. You can't go wrong with Cascade, Chinook, Centennial, Columbus. Though I'm also rather fond of Citra, I have to say.
Quote from: Bubbles on August 18, 2013, 06:00:51 PM
American, without a doubt. The more the better.
And I prefer the "old-fashioned" American varieties, rather than the hipster (and ridiculously expensive) varieties. You can't go wrong with Cascade, Chinook, Centennial, Columbus. Though I'm also rather fond of Citra, I have to say.
The C hops are definitely my favourites, but I have a soft spot for Nelson Sauvin and Bramling Cross.
Quote from: Padraic on August 18, 2013, 06:23:43 PM
Quote from: Bubbles on August 18, 2013, 06:00:51 PM
American, without a doubt. The more the better.
And I prefer the "old-fashioned" American varieties, rather than the hipster (and ridiculously expensive) varieties. You can't go wrong with Cascade, Chinook, Centennial, Columbus. Though I'm also rather fond of Citra, I have to say.
The C hops are definitely my favourites, but I have a soft spot for Nelson Sauvin and Bramling Cross.
I think the Brewdog beers that use Nelson are fantastic, but I didn't get good results with the beers I used them in (it was my very early days and I used them in a couple of kit hacks - badly). Definitely want to experiment with them more. Same goes for the Bramling X - the two beers I've had them in (Tube's medal winner and Rossa's session pale ale) were superb. I love that blackcurrant flavour they give.
Amarillo is a great hop, but I think it has to be paired sensitively. For my palate at least... It's so fruity that I like to pair it with something more dank and resiny, like Columbus or Chinook. Then the two hop varieties really spark off each other.
Summit and Northern Brewer are my favorite multi-purpose hops - Summit in pale ales and ipas, northern brewer in english ales - I love Centennial and Cascade too but I'm more into malty beers with low hop character
I love my fuggles, but SWMBO says it smells like 'old man fart'...
How does she know?
Have a soft spot for cascade because it was the first hop I was aware of after having a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and googling it.
Citra and mosaic are 2 favourites at the minute though.
Nelson, Cascade, Amarillo. That's my top 3 :)
For IPAs im with Simcoe, Citra, Mosaic, Warrior, & the darker beers with Willamette, Fuggles, Northern Brewer, Goldings. I havent touched the noble hops yet so Im sure thats a whole other world for me to explore in the future.
Quote from: ratsathome on August 18, 2013, 04:31:09 PM
What are your preferred type of hops?
Leaf hops over pellets any day.
Fruity ones, regardless where they are from, but a big fan of the American C's and various ones from NZ.
Quote from: Tom on August 19, 2013, 01:44:52 PM
Quote from: ratsathome on August 18, 2013, 04:31:09 PM
What are your preferred type of hops?
Leaf hops over pellets any day.
don't like compacted floor sweepings myself either ::)