Is it possible for hops to taste like coffee?

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  1. doppletheGOAT

    doppletheGOAT Initiate (0) Nov 27, 2012 Texas

    I know malts usually create this flavor profile in beers like stouts and porters but I swear I had a hoppy beer the other day that tasted kind of like coffee. Am I drinking too many stouts (my favorite style) or is this a possibility?
     
    #1 doppletheGOAT, Jun 27, 2015
  2. sharpski

    sharpski Grand Pooh-Bah (3,100) Oct 11, 2010 Oregon
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    Coffee IPAs exist, i.e. Fort George's Java the Hop, but the examples I know of use actual coffee.
     
    #2 sharpski, Jun 27, 2015
  3. Manucelly

    Manucelly Initiate (0) Jun 13, 2014 California

    I Think the bitterness of Coco Nibs can be confused for hop bitterness in some stouts I've had.
     
    #3 Manucelly, Jun 27, 2015
  4. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    I vote 'no.' (Unless you've had bad coffee in the past.)
     
    #4 PapaGoose03, Jun 27, 2015
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  5. utopiajane

    utopiajane Grand Pooh-Bah (3,982) Jun 11, 2013 New York
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    If you taste coffee in a beer it is the malt or it has been added as an adjunct.
     
    #5 utopiajane, Jun 27, 2015
  6. AnthonyRicciardi

    AnthonyRicciardi Initiate (0) Jan 17, 2015 New York

    You are not alone. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA tastes like coffee to me at times.
     
    #6 AnthonyRicciardi, Jun 28, 2015
  7. BigMike

    BigMike Pooh-Bah (2,334) May 8, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    Anything's possible.
     
    #7 BigMike, Jun 28, 2015
  8. MUTINY

    MUTINY Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2015 Virginia

    Some of the Evil Twin stouts try to use hops to approximate dark-coffee bitterness.
     
    #8 MUTINY, Jun 28, 2015
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  9. Mmmkcr

    Mmmkcr Initiate (0) Jul 22, 2014 Pennsylvania

    with shade-grown coffee, it is possible for the coffee to take on a certain flavor profile. so, while probably difficult, if you grew hops under a coffee tree together i'd wonder what kind of flavors each would take on.
     
    #9 Mmmkcr, Jun 28, 2015
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  10. thedumbphase

    thedumbphase Initiate (0) Mar 4, 2015 New Jersey

    Oak treatment can impart coffee-like flavors. As can malts, obviously. That flavor profile would not be imparted by hops, regardless of the variety though.
     
    #10 thedumbphase, Jun 28, 2015
  11. BriantheBeerGeek

    BriantheBeerGeek Zealot (585) May 26, 2013 Pennsylvania

    Yes, certain coffee also has hop like aromas and flavors.
     
    #11 BriantheBeerGeek, Jun 28, 2015
  12. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,647) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    I don't know of hops that have a coffee flavor, but I did buy 8oz. Of "Chocolate" experimental from Yakima Valley. Need to use those.
     
    #12 hopfenunmaltz, Jun 28, 2015
  13. PuckIt

    PuckIt Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2014 Pennsylvania

    That must be some old-ass DFH '60
     
    #13 PuckIt, Jun 28, 2015
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