"Clean tasting" hops - GO!

People often use Magnum as a bittering hop for it's fairly neutral aroma/flavor so that the contributions of later additions do not have to compete with it. Is that the sort of thing you are looking for? I feel like Warrior and Horizon get used this way, too. What may actually be going on, though, is that these hops have high alpha acid, so if you are adding to bitter, you do not need to use that much.

It might help if you can explain what your objectives are for using a clean hop, or for that matter, what you really mean by clean.

 

First Wort Hops give a nice clean taste. I mostly use Magnum and Warrior for bittering. Since this is a test batch I would recommend testing out FWH.

 

It sounds more like you're looking clean malt flavors that let the hops come through. In that case, I'd use either US 2 row, US pilsner, continental pilsner, or some combo of the above. Mash at a low temp for a drier beer that will give you that "crisp" perception. Use a neutral yeast like US05/WLP001/WY1056. The only flavors that will come through are then the hops. I'll also throw out premiant as another hop variety that is fairly neutral and maybe leans towards the piney end of the spectrum.

 

What CurtFromHershey sez. Hop variety does not lead to malty tastes, but malt varieties can cover up hops.

 

I use Galena quite often.. my favorite bittering hop

 

Nelson sauvin is what you're looking for