The "Dank"

Dank is all Mosaic or Simcoe brews, perhaps to Chinook. There's varying quality of the above, but IMO they kinda start with these or are heavily hopped or dry hoped with these.

 

the only beers that made me think "dank" wasn't a completely useless/meaningless term for describing beer are last years' waldo's and stone enjoy by.

 

What about Citra? I'm drinking Pseudo Sue, and "dank" strongly comes to mind. [Of course, I'm in a job subject to random drug testing and it's been years...]

 

I'm with you on Simcoe.

"Dank" is earthy, pungent, somewhat musty with elements of pine. It is not citrusy or fruity.

Knee Deep has it nailed...try "Breaking Bud", now available in cans, as well as their "Hoptologist".

 

Dank = Columbus or Apollo hops in copious amounts.

In fact, a batch of Columbus pellets I got last fall from Yakima smelled like straight Chronic. Pair it with something fruity like Citra and you have something very pleasant and complex.

Simcoe, Mosaic, and Chinook are all hit and miss for me. Sometimes they smell of pine, fruit, or herbal. But I think brewers utilize descriptors that are sometimes accurate for a hop profile, but not necessarily accurate for the beer they created.

What beer reminds me of that "dank?"

Long since retired, but fresh, Wildmer Broken Halo.

Now living 20 minutes from Knee Deep, I see 1-2 week old Breaking Bud all the time in pint cans. It's delicious!

 

Dankness is partially due to the hop profile, but IMO also due to the bitterness levels of a given beer. I love a good NE style IPA, but I woldn't categorize most of them as "dank," even though they tend to have hop profiles connected to "dank" flavors. Bitterness and cleanness is a big part of what makes an IPA dank, hence why people tend to attribute the character to fresh hop beers.

 

There's so many hop combos out there, but I have to say I really dont like single hop Moasic or Simcoe beers. I prefer them in combo, and I don't mind if it's dry hoped with either. I get extremely dank as cat pissy, but used in combo that disappears and you get the earthy pine notes. It's my impression this style or these hop combos stand up to time better than say an all Citra brew. I think those light fruity low in bitter IPAs are great fresh , but I think they fade pretty quickly.

 

I think columbus gives off dank flavors. Heavy Mettle from Trillium being very dank

 

One more 'vote' for Columbus and yes dank means marijuana for me.

I am not a fan of dank and I will only use Columbus in my brewing as a bittering hop since the 60 minutes of boil will drive off (evaporate) the aromas of that hop.

Cheers!

 

Like hops, herb has a lot of different aromas, from lemony to skunky.

We always called the buds in the range of super resiny citrus and pine tar aroma "dank buds". Now I think of hops like Simcoe and Mosaic having aroma in that range.

 

There was a pretty epic "dank" terminology thread not too long ago if you search for it.

To summarize - those who never smoked pot or are pretty straight-laced do not like the term, others understand the reference.

 

It seemed like last year I was running across it a lot. This year, with many new releases not so much. I actually miss that quality.

 

That more or less nails it for me. When I have a beer in which the hop flavors occupy a space that's between earthy, piney, citrusy (but like bitter lemon zest citrusy, not "juicy" or sweet citrus), and spicy, especially if it has an alcohol-like overtone that blurs the lines between booze, resin, and spice, that's when "dank" seems like the best descriptor to me.

I actually had a can of Grimm's Halftone last night, and thought it was pretty dank! (Great beer, btw.)

 

I think this thread should be merged with the previous dank thread, we're going to go rehash the same discussion over and over.

 

Dank is a little bitter but catty is just spicy and weedy, what you would call pungent. The dank you see can also have a sweet scent to it. Simcoe is so tricky that it's catty and succulent. If you don't get it too catty. That's the first hop I ever liked. The soft tropical hops can't be dank. That would be too much. In the recent IPA I bought crimson pistil IPA it adds a dank hop but it's also not too pungent and a bit earthy/ spicy.

 

It's still a useless term to me for describing beer. Even though hops and cannabis are from the same family, I have yet to have a beer that reminded me of marijuana in the aroma or flavor. Maybe I should revisit those two you mentioned.

I see what you did there...

 

But I am serious though - all of this has been discussed.
There is no debate - dank is indeed a valid term for certain hop flavors.

 

Alchemist crusher seems very dank to me, reminds me of marijuana.