Pine & Grapefruit

founders reds rye, if i ever see it again.

 

Everybody has their own unique palate and will report flavor perceptions accordingly.

Which hop tastes like pine to me may taste very differently to you.

Cheers!

 

I would love to read one feed without people dropping the trillium name like the rest of the country has the slightest chance about getting their hands on it.

 

This right here.

 

I miss Hop Wallop.

 

Funny, all I get from Simcoe is cat pee.

 

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Smuttynose Finestkind sounds about right.

 

It appears that the compound of 4MMP does not agree with your palate.

Below are some of my previous posts concerning 4MMP:

“Both Simcoe and Citra are high in a compound referred to as 4MMP. Different people will perceive 4MMP differently. There seems to be a genetic component in this as studies indicate that a higher percentage of women will perceive 4MMP as cat pee vs. men.

For my palate:

• Simcoe = piney
• Citra = tropical fruits”

And:

“4MMP (4-mercapto-4-methylpentan-2-one): each individual will likely perceive this compound differently. 4MMP has flavors of tropical fruit for my palate. Others have reported an aroma/flavor of cat pee. Also, muscat grape/black currant has been mentioned. Another descriptor mentioned is boxwood.”

Cheers!

 

Simcoe straight up IMO seems very earthy, I don't get much fruit with this one.

 

Modus Hoperandi tastes like the bastard child of a douglas fir and a grapefruit.

 

Captains Daughter is grapefruit city.
I like Be Hoppy for pine.

 

I love Citra and avoid Simcoe, so... regardless of the compounds, my palate registers Simcoe as that ammonia-like urine aroma. I don't get that from Citra at all.

I homebrew a bit and use Citra almost exclusively as a late-boil flavor and dry-hop aroma hop.

 

Yup, hop aroma/flavor perception can sometimes be a mystery.

My palate is pretty consistent with these hops: Simcoe = pine and Citrus = tropical fruit.

Cheers!

 

What about Great Divide Titan IPA? IIRC, I got a lot of pine and a bit of citrus with none of the sweetness or richness of the tropical fruits. It's also fairly easy to come by...

 

Grapefruit Sculpin.

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Frankly Amarillo hops tastes like Aspirin to me.

 

Sculpin and Two Hearted are a definite.

 

just had it on tap a week ago

 

I recently had a MIkkeller/Sly Fox Simcoe Hopped IPA which might have been the best combo of pine/grapefruit I ever had. However, not sure if it has a wide distro or even if it will be produced again. For the widely distributed - Finestkind, 2 Hearted, Sculpin.