Hop Heads Unite - List your top five favorite hops (1 Viewer)

[urbanhack]

I'll start - my current top five hops at the moment.

1. Simcoe
2. Mosaic
3. HBC1019
4. Idaho 7
5. Nelson

Other candidates: El Dorado, Galaxy

Overrated and burnt out: Citra and Strata

 

[FairWarning]

I like the citra hops but more in the summer. I’m getting ramped up for stout and porter season.

 

[General Malaise]

Hillsboro

 

[The Gator]

Notorious B.I.G.

 

[Raging weasel]

Don't know the names of hops but prefer the citrus over the ones that taste like a pine tree.
Stopped drinking IPAs about 5 years ago,gave me bad heartburn.

 

[Zow]

Mosaic for me.

 

[Zow]

Don't know the names of hops but prefer the citrus over the ones that taste like a pine tree.
Stopped drinking IPAs about 5 years ago,gave me bad heartburn.

I have to admit, I have cut waaaay down on my consumption of IPAs and also prefer the more citrusy ones to the piney ones. They're just too filling to have more than one. If I am at a nice beer bar hanging out and sipping I'll still go to one, but rarely do I drink them during a "session."

 

[parasaurolophus]

I like the citra hops but more in the summer. I’m getting ramped up for stout and porter season.

Always welcome willamette season

 

[scoobus]

1. Hip
2. Crow
3. Bunny
4. Sock
5. Lindy

 

[belljr]

To the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie
To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat

 

[Steve Tasker]

Galaxy and Nelson probably my two favorites.

Mosaic would be near the top but below those two.

I've been enjoying New Zealand hops lately, I think. Rakau and Wakatu come to mind. Maybe I'd throw those in my current top 5.

 

[bcat01]

Bunny & Sock

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Dssolvr
Whatever they're putting in those IPAs is euphoric
The taps at the brewery, the cans don't do the place justice

 

[PIK95]

I love Run the Jewels, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Slick Rick, and Run DMC. Gotta respect the classics.

Honorable mention to the Beastie Boys.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Does anyone remember the Sam Adams special release about 10 years ago called Latitude Deconstructed? SA had an IPA called "Latitude" that used 5 different hops. They did a special release 12 pack that had two bottles of the regular Latitude IPA, then two bottles each of the same base beer but each was a single-hop beer using one of the five hop varieties. I don't recall the hops but it was a good mix - one noble hop, a mild English hop and a couple big US hop varieties. Awesome idea and a great way to learn about different hop flavors.