Single hop beers for tasting party?

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  1. markatirv

    markatirv Initiate (0) Apr 14, 2021 Illinois

    I’m thinking of hosting a tasting party for single hop beers, and I’m trying to assemble a list of potential beers. Ideally I’d like to have 3 or 4 hop variety categories with 3-4 beers in each category. Here are some options I’ve found that are (or seem like they might be) available in the Chicagoland area.

    Looking for additional suggestions or corrections from beer sages of the internet.

    Centennial
    Bells Two Hearted

    Saaz
    Pilsner Urquell
    New Glarus Spotted Cow

    Cascade
    Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale
    Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
    Anchor Brewing Liberty Ale

    Chinook
    Stone Arrogant Bastard

    Citra
    Three Floyds Zombie Dust
    Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA
    Toppling Goliath Psuedo Sue
    Half Acre Beer Hates Astronauts

    Amarillo
    Three Floyds Gumball Head

    Mosaic
    Toppling Goliath Pompeii IPA
    Pipeworks Lizard King Pale Ale

    I know Pipeworks has a single hop Ninja series, and it looks like Hubbard’s Cave has a single hop series too. I thought the Revolution [insert Hop Name] Hero series was single hop, but it appears that they use multiple varieties in those.
     
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  2. Fordcoyote15

    Fordcoyote15 Pooh-Bah (2,368) Nov 19, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    Following.
     
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  3. P739397

    P739397 Zealot (548) Feb 13, 2017 Washington
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    Spiteful Alley Time is all Simcoe, I believe.

    I think Lizard King might have Amarillo in it too, but I'm not sure. Also, Beer Hates Astronauts is usually released early June, just once, so it could be harder to plan to include.
     
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  4. CB_Michigan

    CB_Michigan Pooh-Bah (1,552) Sep 4, 2014 Illinois
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    Phase Three has done some single hop IPAs (and DIPA, DDH DIPA, etc. versions of the base beers). I believe that Pixel Density is the only year-round one.

    Citra - Pixel Density
    Mosaic - Mindspark
    I’m pretty sure they also did simcoe and galaxy beers, but I haven’t seen them in a while.
     
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  5. ddskos

    ddskos Zealot (641) Apr 28, 2008 Illinois
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    Une Annee does single hop beers fairly regularly.
     
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  6. kodt

    kodt Pooh-Bah (2,286) Mar 6, 2013 Illinois
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    I thought SNPA also used Magnum hops.
     
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  7. markatirv

    markatirv Initiate (0) Apr 14, 2021 Illinois

    On Sierra Nevada’s website it looks like it’s just Cascade in Pale Ale, but Torpedo does use Magnum, Crystal, and Citra.
     
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  8. kodt

    kodt Pooh-Bah (2,286) Mar 6, 2013 Illinois
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    Interesting, this article says it uses Magnum and Perle for bittering, and Cascade as finishing: https://beerandbrewing.com/an-ode-to-sierra-nevada-pale-ale/
     
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  9. oN3xM

    oN3xM Zealot (694) Mar 22, 2013 Illinois
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    Saint Errant just released Tu Meke, a hazy IPA with Riwaka hops. I'm not sure if it's 100% Riwaka but definitely prominent
     
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  10. Sammonsd

    Sammonsd Crusader (435) Aug 13, 2015 Michigan
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    Zombie dust is not exclusively citra hopped, it just "showcases" them.
     
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  11. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    Here's a link to a search I did of the beer database asking for beers with 'single hop' in their name. https://www.beeradvocate.com/search/?q=Single+hop

    It looks like Mikkeller has a line of single-hop beers if you can find their stuff. Maybe others in the list are more easily found.
     
  12. mbockstruck30

    mbockstruck30 Pooh-Bah (1,800) Dec 31, 2010 Illinois
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    Mikkeller single hop IPAs used to collect dust on shelves here for years. I don’t recall seeing them around for a while though, but I also haven’t looked.
     
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  13. Nbrock24

    Nbrock24 Pooh-Bah (1,770) Mar 11, 2016 Illinois
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    Yeah current Pixel has passed Pseudo Sue as a Citra beer. Check 1,2 works well as a bigger beer too.

    Side note, Hop Butcher is the only brewery I know that did an all Sandro beer but I never had it as a one off
     
  14. miniditka77

    miniditka77 Pundit (953) May 21, 2015 Illinois
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    HB Galaxy Bowl is single hopped with Galaxy, I believe. Mikerphone Poetic Hustler is single hop Nelson Sauvin. Not sure when/where to get those though.

    I think the last 5 Finger Hop Punch was single hop Nelson as well. I have one can left if you want it, it's pretty good.
     
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  15. GuyFawkes

    GuyFawkes Grand Pooh-Bah (5,630) Apr 7, 2011 Illinois
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    Last released in July of 2020, according to their website...wonder if we'll have another batch coming this summer!
     
  16. Jaycase

    Jaycase Grand Pooh-Bah (3,858) Jan 13, 2007 Illinois
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    Tighthead Brewing has a single hop series they release occasionally. Looking at their social media the last one appears to have been 'Everybody Loves Ekuanot' earlier this year. I've only had Everybody Loves Idaho 7 and enjoyed it as a showcase for the hop.
     
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  17. P739397

    P739397 Zealot (548) Feb 13, 2017 Washington
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    Founders does a Centennial IPA and Mosaic Promise.

    I'm pretty sure permanent funeral is all citra.

    Maplewood has a few, released sporadically (dripping citra, sabro transit authority, melting Mosaic)
     
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  18. OleWorm

    OleWorm Devotee (341) May 20, 2008 Illinois

    For the Saaz category, Dovetail's Pilsner qualifies!

    We have several single hop beers:
    Vienna Lager (Styrian Golding)
    Helles (Saphir)
    Lager (Tettnang)
    Czech Dark Lager (Saaz)
    Hefeweizen (Tettnang)
     
  19. Hop-Trollop

    Hop-Trollop Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2012 Illinois

    Love that beer, going to get more today.
     
  20. Sabtos

    Sabtos Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,920) Dec 15, 2015 Ohio
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    Arrogant Bastard is a really poor point of comparison to highlight a hop relative to all these other brews. It's a monster of a beer and nothing like the others on your list. There's got to be a better chinook exclusive brew with lighter malt, but one's not coming to my mind at the moment.
     
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