Any hop with citrus, tropical or berry fruits. I'd look at what foods pair with banana and see what hops match (lime, papaya, strawberry). Herbal or floral notes might compliment, but I'd avoid earthy or piney hops, and maybe be careful with spicy hops adding to the Clove notes of the yeast.Thanks for info. Any recommendations on hop additions to suit this style?
But it is nice to just drink, rather than than analysing things all the time.I'm drinking right now a beer that I'm sure would be classed as a black IPA but it's made with wheat malt, plain flour, extra dark DME can't remember the bittering but dry hopped with galaxy and EKG and used CML Kristalweisen yeast. I just give my beers numbers and I try them without looking what's in them and I couldn't tell it was a wheat or had flour. Half way though I glanced at the notes and thought no way - then I could taste the almost creamy thing you get from flour and wheat yeast for about a second but then it's straight back to IPA.
I love learning about the process of learning to taste differently, too. I couldn't even taste banana in wheat beers at first then half way down one beer it was like WHAT!! That's been there all the time? For me sometimes I taste, most of the time I drink, and I've got to change that if I want to become good at beer. But if you taste when you're out with your mates... urrrghhh, you get the names called.
What was your recipe?Been away for a while. The result of this brew was, for want of a better word, a bit odd. Couldn't really describe it other than saying it was a bit bizarre and I have moved it into the "nice try - but no" bracket.
Thanks for your thoughts.
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