Floral Beers

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  1. beardown2489

    beardown2489 Pooh-Bah (1,954) Oct 5, 2012 Illinois
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    Can everyone help me get a list of beers that contain definite floral tastes or scents?

    A buddy of mine keeps saying he's picking up floral scents and I believe he is confusing tropical qualities with floral qualities.

    Thanks everyone,

    Cheers
     
  2. biglobo8971

    biglobo8971 Initiate (0) May 6, 2010 Minnesota

    Rose de Gambrinus, it's your grandmother's aftershave in a bigger bottle.
     
  3. Kwaz

    Kwaz Initiate (0) Mar 31, 2012 Illinois

    Hill Farmstead Susan
     
  4. THANAT0PSIS

    THANAT0PSIS Pooh-Bah (2,263) Aug 3, 2010 Wisconsin
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    I hate to state the obvious, but floral smells flowery. Tropical smells fruity. People use these comparisons because most people can recognize them. I also find that floral hops are more delicate than tropical. Tropical hop aromas tend to be pretty in your face (especially grapefruit-heavy ones).
     
  5. Justin23060

    Justin23060 Initiate (0) Nov 13, 2010 Virginia

    When it's fresh I get a rose taste from Great Divide's Samurai Rice Ale (similar to what I've tasted in Sake).
     
  6. Premo88

    Premo88 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,578) Jun 6, 2010 Texas
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    the first time I poured a Duvel into a tulip, I thought it was very floral ... i'm also very much a beer novice, too, so i might've been off, but man did it smell like a sweet garden
     
  7. stayclean

    stayclean Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2012 Wisconsin

    Fresh Two Hearted.
     
  8. beardown2489

    beardown2489 Pooh-Bah (1,954) Oct 5, 2012 Illinois
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    Ya, I get that. My buddy is telling me he doesn't like Sucks. I'm fine with that, and am not leading some Sucks Revolution, but I wanted to know why he didn't like it to help me suggest new beers he will enjoy. He then told me he thinks Sucks is too floral.

    I've never picked up floral from a beer in Sucks category...

    Weird right,

    And please, lets keep this from becoming about Sucks. It's about finding this guy (in Nebraska) a true flowery beer so he can discern the differences.


    Thanks guy!

    Cheers
     
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  9. Jleo897

    Jleo897 Initiate (0) Sep 9, 2012 Connecticut

    Flower POWA!
     
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  10. Justin23060

    Justin23060 Initiate (0) Nov 13, 2010 Virginia

    Yep, beside the citrus and pine there is definitely a floral side to fresh Two Hearted.
     
  11. THANAT0PSIS

    THANAT0PSIS Pooh-Bah (2,263) Aug 3, 2010 Wisconsin
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    I think you just answered your own question. Most people claim Sucks to be one of the most tropical fruit-forward beers out there, so I definitely think you're right, OP.

    Cheers!
     
  12. alysmith4

    alysmith4 Pooh-Bah (1,738) Feb 11, 2005 District of Columbia
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  13. MaltyLareau

    MaltyLareau Aspirant (270) Nov 14, 2009 Wisconsin
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    If you want to try a good sour with floral characters, Cpt Lawrence Hops & Roses is worth seeking out...
     
  14. atomic

    atomic Pundit (945) Sep 22, 2009 Illinois

    Marisol from Goose Island, but its tap only.
     
  15. BasterdInABasket

    BasterdInABasket Initiate (0) Nov 8, 2010 Wisconsin

    Two Hearted, drinking one right now and Torpedo as well. Two off the top of my head and very accessible.
     
  16. YogiBeer

    YogiBeer Initiate (0) May 10, 2012 Illinois

    Barely any actual helpful responses. Target is in Nebraska. Hill farmstead rec's GTFO.
     
  17. BKBassist

    BKBassist Initiate (0) Jan 24, 2013 New York

    quote="atomic, post: 1153818, member: 372841"]Marisol from Goose Island, but its tap only.[/quote]
    Some hops can bring a floral quality, which IPAs/DIPAs will offer in abundance. Also tripels and saisons may have spices like coriander which can also add floral notes. I know distribution is not great in NE, but these are styles I would seek out.
     
  18. alysmith4

    alysmith4 Pooh-Bah (1,738) Feb 11, 2005 District of Columbia
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    Um.. I think all of the responses answered the original request.. Except yours, of course.
     
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  19. beardown2489

    beardown2489 Pooh-Bah (1,954) Oct 5, 2012 Illinois
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    Some hops can bring a floral quality, which IPAs/DIPAs will offer in abundance. Also tripels and saisons may have spices like coriander which can also add floral notes. I know distribution is not great in NE, but these are styles I would seek out.[/quote]

    Ya for now I told him to go get Hoegarden. That will give him the experience of coriander. Omaha is okay, but none thing special. Beertopia is a cool place and takes orders but I've heard they struggle to get beers from certain states because of some old BS prohibition type laws.
     
  20. beardown2489

    beardown2489 Pooh-Bah (1,954) Oct 5, 2012 Illinois
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    Should have mentioned it in OP. I'm a fool haha
     
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