First beer where you recognized what hops taste like

Great Lakes Commodore Perry

 

Stone : Ruination.

When I first had it, I fell in love with Humulus Lupulus.

 

Back in the mid to late 80s, my hippie friends brought back some Sierra Nevada Pale Ale from California. I called it hippie beer because I thought that hops tasted like pot. The first time I was overwhelmed by hops was when I first tried Sierra Nevada Bigfoot. I thought it tasted like I bit into a pine cone. I remember waking up the next morning with a lingering taste of pine cone that lasted throughout the day.

 

My first was a DFH 60 minute. Been a hop head ever since.

 

Most of the younger beer drinkers will find this laughable, Heineken, mid 70's. I remember when Moosehead became popular in the lower 48, sometime in the late 70's how amazing we thought the hop content was! One of the few instances where times changed for the better

 

SNPA. Hands down.

 

Being a young American in Kent County, England (1971) tasting smooth and what I thought to be soapy beers. I soon realized that these local beers had flavors and qualities that American beers lacked.

 

Dales Pale along with 21st amendment Brew free or die.

 

SNPA

 

Summit EPA

 

Victory hopdevil

 

Surly Furious. It was just this odd, piney tasting beer. Then moved on to Abrasive and it pretty much changed my world.

 

Racer 5

 

Dales pale ale

 

Sierra Nevada Torpedo. I remember it being so bitter and hoppy at the time I could hardly drink it. But now its delish and pales in comparison to a lot of the IPA's and DIPA's that I now enjoy.

 

Gumballhead--amarillo hops are amazing

 

Green Flash WCIPA was the first beer I tried where I actually tasted hops, and didn't like it at the time. The first one where I could really begin to enjoy the flavor was SNPA. From there, my taste for IPAs has absolutely blossomed. I haven't revisited Green Flash since that day though... This thread may change that.

 

Arrogant Bastard... or was it Hop Devil?

 

Dogfish Head 60 min IPA..... Just about poured the bottle out, but I pushed through it. I think it was my first craft beer. I thoroughly enjoy IPAs now.

 

Dogfish 60 Minute.