Your IPA Preference: Citrusy or Dank?

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Citrusy or Dank

  1. Citrusy

    256 vote(s)
    81.8%

  2. Dank

    57 vote(s)
    18.2%
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  1. Tdizzle

    Tdizzle Initiate (0) Dec 19, 2006 California

    I posted a poll a few weeks back asking if you preferred more citrus or pine character in your IPAs, and several users opined that my poll was flawed in that many hop varietals yield both of those flavor and aroma profiles. So… let's go for more contrast. Do you prefer citrusy, or dank?

    I love the bright, fresh aromas and flavors of citrus fruit and tropical fruits, but I prefer a more dank and sticky earthiness in my IPAs.
     
    #1 Tdizzle, Apr 15, 2015
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  2. deford

    deford Pooh-Bah (1,559) Nov 11, 2013 California
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Dank...reminds me of High School....
     
    #2 deford, Apr 15, 2015
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  3. Monkeyknife

    Monkeyknife Grand Pooh-Bah (5,873) Jan 8, 2007 Missouri
    BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Gonna go with citrusy. Dank is a vague and hard-to-describe profile.
     
    #3 Monkeyknife, Apr 15, 2015
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  4. Brian_Lynch

    Brian_Lynch Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2014 New York

    When it tastes of citrus rind it's dankish. So citrus dank for me.
     
    #4 Brian_Lynch, Apr 15, 2015
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  5. ESeab

    ESeab Initiate (0) Jan 3, 2013 New Jersey

    ummmm, perfect balance of both
     
    #5 ESeab, Apr 15, 2015
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  6. Tdizzle

    Tdizzle Initiate (0) Dec 19, 2006 California

    I understand. I just like a musty, grassy, earthy, "green" quality in my hop profile. I don't smoke weed, but I used to quite a bit in high school and early in college, and I like an IPA that brings out the cannabis element of some hops. Nugget, Mosaic, and Simcoe, if I'm not mistaken? Correct me if I'm wrong. :slight_smile:
     
    #6 Tdizzle, Apr 15, 2015
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  7. Tdizzle

    Tdizzle Initiate (0) Dec 19, 2006 California

    I just can't win...
     
    #7 Tdizzle, Apr 15, 2015
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  8. Brian_Lynch

    Brian_Lynch Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2014 New York

    Lol, sorry, 50% dank 50% complex citrus that's my story....
     
    #8 Brian_Lynch, Apr 15, 2015
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  9. scuttlebutt21

    scuttlebutt21 Initiate (0) Nov 12, 2014 California

    Both are quite nice. I love a good dank double IPA!
     
    #9 scuttlebutt21, Apr 15, 2015
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  10. RBassSFHOPit2ME

    RBassSFHOPit2ME Initiate (0) Mar 1, 2009 California

    Equal balance Citrus - Dank - Pine. Whereas no single component outweighs the other.

    I can think of a few that do this very well...
     
    #10 RBassSFHOPit2ME, Apr 15, 2015
  11. Tdizzle

    Tdizzle Initiate (0) Dec 19, 2006 California

    "Equal parts both" is not an option. Think of it this way: If you had to have only one IPA hop profile for a very long time -- let's say you're serving 20 years in prison for gay beastiality -- and you can only have one IPA style snuck in for you by your sketchy cousin, what type of IPA hop profile would you request?
     
    #11 Tdizzle, Apr 15, 2015
  12. JuicesFlowing

    JuicesFlowing Initiate (0) Jul 5, 2009 Kansas

    Citrusy ... Deschutes Fresh Squeezed is a great example.
     
    #12 JuicesFlowing, Apr 15, 2015
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  13. RBassSFHOPit2ME

    RBassSFHOPit2ME Initiate (0) Mar 1, 2009 California

    Dude...your poor cat.
     
    #13 RBassSFHOPit2ME, Apr 15, 2015
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  14. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    Citrus.
     
    #14 UCLABrewN84, Apr 15, 2015
  15. gatheredwaters

    gatheredwaters Pooh-Bah (1,807) May 1, 2014 Vermont
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    I'd rather not think about it that way. Ever.
     
    #15 gatheredwaters, Apr 15, 2015
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  16. Tdizzle

    Tdizzle Initiate (0) Dec 19, 2006 California

    Sorry. Just trying to look at life from the viewpoint of people who respond to this post with "Both citrusy and dank." Life is black and white, folks; there is no "both."
     
    #16 Tdizzle, Apr 15, 2015
  17. RBassSFHOPit2ME

    RBassSFHOPit2ME Initiate (0) Mar 1, 2009 California

    In that case, keep your bottled fruit juice and pass me a uber fresh Dreadnaught!

    I got into IPAs because they reminded of Dank weed. The citrus factor was just an added bonus.
     
    #17 RBassSFHOPit2ME, Apr 15, 2015
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  18. jojo2112

    jojo2112 Pundit (882) Sep 24, 2014 Pennsylvania

    Space Dust is an even better example...
     
    #18 jojo2112, Apr 15, 2015
  19. LordofWord

    LordofWord Crusader (455) Dec 15, 2014 Oregon

    Grapefruit Sculpin is an even citrusier example.
     
    #19 LordofWord, Apr 15, 2015
  20. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    You do have up to 10 fields in the polling option. I still don't think that would be enough.
     
    #20 Orca, Apr 15, 2015
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