Its up to the brewer to put the right amount in to create a balanced beer.I like citra hopped beer but have tasted a few clunkers that tasted and smelled like toilet cleaner.Darkstar-Brodies and Oakham seem to know how to use it.
Its up to the brewer to put the right amount in to create a balanced beer.I like citra hopped beer but have tasted a few clunkers that tasted and smelled like toilet cleaner.Darkstar-Brodies and Oakham seem to know how to use it.
An interesting thread,but apart from including the hop variety in the beer name,it is disappointing that so many brewers fail to mention the hops they use for either aroma or bittering on their websites.This information also seems absent from the GBG tasting notes,which tend to concentrate on wine tasting prose,rather than highlighting hop varieties used.Is this inside information ?
I am keen to be educated on what I am quaffing.
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Wetherspoon's current tasting notes DO include the hops used in their guest beers, so I doubt that it is inside information. I guess most brewers think that the average punter isn't that interested.Originally Posted by Bucking Fastard
An interesting thread,but apart from including the hop variety in the beer name,it is disappointing that so many brewers fail to mention the hops they use for either aroma or bittering on their websites.This information also seems absent from the GBG tasting notes,which tend to concentrate on wine tasting prose,rather than highlighting hop varieties used.Is this inside information ?
I am keen to be educated on what I am quaffing.
The Egham fest named all the hops used in the beers so i was expecting loads of hoppy beers but most brewers use so little you can hardly taste them,Single hop beers always name the hop .Even something bland like Greene King ipa will have 3 or 4 diffrent hops although it might be hard to believe.
I prefer English hopped beers without really knowing it. When I think of my favourite beers and breweries they are Ludlow, Holden's, Batham's, Banks' and Hobsons, their beers are all British hopped in the main.
Oakham - a brewery whose beers are rated by many - are one brewery whose beers I now avoid. Admittedly their beers usually taste fantastic at first sip but I find that by the time I've nearly finished I am tired of the overwhelming hop bite. It's all about balance for me. 'Hop explosion' beers......no ta.
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