Favorite Flavor/Aroma Hops for AIPAs

This list Could be very large.  Please vote for your favorite Flavor/Aroma hop for American IPAs.  Usually this is done using more than one hop so on this poll vote for 2.

What are your favorite flavor/Aroma hops for American IPAs?
  • Mosaic
  • Citra
  • Nelson Sauvin
  • Amarillo
  • Centennial
  • Summit
  • Columbus (CTZ)
  • Falconers Flight
  • Galaxy
  • Brewers Gold
  • Newport
  • Bravo
  • Millenium
  • Super Galena
  • Magnum
  • Simcoe
  • Nugget
  • Cascade
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How is there no cascade on this list? :wink:

Cents and simcoe then.

This!

I chose Cents and Amarillo, but those are actually 2 and 3

Amarillo and Columbus for me.

Yep, and I voted the same way.

A vote for Cascade and Simcoe here. I went with Amarillo since Cascade is not listed.

I just added Cascade.

My favorite IPA creation of mine makes heavy use of Falconer’s Flight and Mosaic. Great combo along with Citra.

Thanks Denny!

I too voted for cascade and simcoe. mostly because i JUST did a cascade/simcoe IPA and really enjoyed it.

Showing my probationary status here, but I have never used Cascade, and thought it was more of a bittering hop.

ok april fools, haha.

I also have yet to use Cascade in 4 yrs of home brewing.

Wow, that shows how far things have come !  When I started, Cascade was the dominant LHBS hop by far for ales. Recipe books had Cascade in most recipes, appropriate or not.

I think that’s a lot of why I got burned out on Cascade roughly a decade ago and haven’t really used it much (at home) since. Not that there’s anything wrong with it per se; I just feel like with the progress that’s been made in hop breeding over the past few years, I can cherry-pick whatever aspect of Cascade I want in a particular recipe, and select another hop to get me there.

I like the fact that cascade has a bit of everything (Citrusy, flowery, touch of piney), and it just adds complexity while sticking with whatever I want. For Example, if I want a citrus bomb IPA, I can use Amarillo and Citra, and the flower and pine support the citrus, but make it more complex. If I go the other way, and use Simcoe and Chinook, I can use the citrus to give me some extra complexity. It is almost guaranteed that I will have Cascade in any American style I make.

I agree. I don’t use Cascade alone anymore, but I do like it in a blend. It is a unique blend of floral/citrus/slight pine, and I like those same combos for the same reasons. Amarillo/Cascade/Centennial/Columbus in the right ratio covers the spectrum for me, unless I go for a fruitier IPA , or occasionally a more piney one. It’s another hop that plays well with pretty much everybody.

Centennial and Simcoe

Voted for Cascade and Columbus (Chinook not on list), but like a variety using Cascade, Chinook, Columbus, Mosaic, Amarillo, Simcoe, Centennial alone or in combinations.

Amarillo and Centennial, Simcoe, and Citra too.