Which Hops would you never use again

[The Baron]

Is there any hops you have used and will never use again and why?
Hope this thread will help some newer brewers and maybe a few of us oldies

 

[Sandimas]

Target.

I wouldn't say never, but I'd be very selective in the beers I used it in, as it imparts quite a distinctive slightly-unpleasant flavour (to me anyway). I looked up the least-liked beers of my youth and all of them used Target for bittering. Not that common these days, although works well in Wye Valley HPA if used sparingly.

 

[The Baron]

I like Target maybe it is down to how peoples taste works but I have done a few beers with target in and not as a bittering hop

 

[Moe]

I’ve not used them, but had two Sabro beers.

Can’t say never again, but certainly never

 

[The Baron]

Again I have done a single Sabro hop and it was very fruity and pleasant.
Really strange how different brewers rate different hops

 

[Moe]

Again I have done a single Sabro hop and it was very fruity and pleasant.
Really strange how different brewers rate different hops

Absolutely.

The first time I had a pint of it, I thought it tasted of garlic and struggled to finish it. My friend had the same beer, two pints poured consecutively off the same tap, and absolutely loved it. He conpletely disagreed when I said it tasted horrible.

I suppose it’s the same with coriander leaves. I hate it when restaurants garnish curries with it, to me it tastes like soap, my wife’s taste perception is completely different.

 

[Agentgonzo]

I suppose it’s the same with coriander leaves. I hate it when restaurants garnish curries with it, to me it tastes like soap, my wife’s taste perception is completely different.

I have a friend who's the same with coriander leaves. She can taste it through anything, despises the flavour and also says it tastes like soap.

I have a similar thing with cucumber. Can taste it through everything else and hate the stuff

 

[The Baron]

Absolutely.

The first time I had a pint of it, I thought it tasted of garlic and struggled to finish it. My friend had the same beer, two pints poured consecutively off the same tap, and absolutely loved it. He conpletely disagreed when I said it tasted horrible.

I suppose it’s the same with coriander leaves. I hate it when restaurants garnish curries with it, to me it tastes like soap, my wife’s taste perception is completely different.

I think hops can taste different when used at different stages of the brew too.
I generally especially with American Pales and IPA's only whirlpool I wonder if boiling some hops for longer brings out certain flavours, Summit had a bad rap with onion/garlic but again I have only whirlpooled and never had it with mine

 

[phildo79]

Mosaic. Which is a pity because I love it. But I have had two infected batches and both had a heavy dose of mosaic. Also, at exactly the same time, I had two different shop bought beers that were mosaic heavy and one was well funky tasting, the other was undrinkable. Bad crop? Coincidence? Whatever it was, I haven't used it since and am reluctant to use it ever again.

 

[The Baron]

Wait for a new crop Phildo I would give it another chance you are probably right looks like a bad batch/crop

 

[dave_77]

Sabro..

 

[RichardM]

I’ve not used them, but had two Sabro beers.

Can’t say never again, but certainly never

Same here. One of them was at a homebrew club meeting. Everyone else was saying how good it was. I just sat there thinking "this is horrible".

 

[The Baron]

Well Sabro is getting a drubbing by the look of it
It does say that Sabro is a for late hop use to get the best flavours so I wonder if it is being used in the boil early on and this may be giving off other flavours not desired?

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Zappa, had a bit of a cat piss aroma to it, or for any medics here, a bit like Piperacillin/Tazobactam. Really horrible.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

I have a friend who's the same with coriander leaves. She can taste it through anything, despises the flavour and also says it tastes like soap.

I have a similar thing with cucumber. Can taste it through everything else and hate the stuff

And me, I have to chop cucumber on another chopping board otherwise I can taste it on everything else that i've chopped up.

 

[Rodcx500z]

ekuanot taste like green pepper to me, gerkins and parsnips taste like channel no5 to me

 

[dad_of_jon]

mandarina bavaria. Very dissapointing I get my orange fix from amarillo hops or voss yeast at 35c+

 

[The Baron]

Yes I do agree with DOJ the Mandarina was very underwhelming, you get more orange flavour from just using Kveik at high temps than this hop

 

[Moe]

mandarina bavaria. Very dissapointing I get my orange fix from amarillo hops or voss yeast at 35c+

Agreed,

I made a MB single hop ale a couple of years ago.

It’s not a bad hop, and I’d have no problem using it again if it came up in a recipe, but it doesn’t live up to the name

 

[Mayor of Simpleton]

Well Sabro is getting a drubbing by the look of it
It does say that Sabro is a for late hop use to get the best flavours so I wonder if it is being used in the boil early on and this may be giving off other flavours not desired?

I'm quite surprised at the negative sabro vibes. I love it in a single hop pale ale.

Not saying I wouldn't use it again, but I recently brewed with Superdelic and was quite disappointed with the results.