philm63
Grandmaster Brewer
I've recently discovered the shortages in Citra, Amarillo, and Simcoe during a recent visit to my LHBS - these are a few of my favorites, of course! Guess I'll try some new varieties - what better way to see what else is out there, no?
What's more; it seems some commercial breweries may have changed their recipes to account for the shortages in some of these hops - backed off on the amounts of some varieties or changed to other types.
Not sure how true this is but one thing I know for sure; 6-packs of a couple of my favorite IPAs I just bought do NOT taste like they did a couple of months ago, and I heard that one of our local breweries here in Metro Atlanta has changed their recipes already so I think there is probably something to the shift in flavor I'm detecting here, otherwise I've experienced a serious lupulin threshold shift drinking my latest batch of IPA (it was quite hoppy and delicious, if I do say so myself - hopped with Columbus, Chinook, Cascade, Centennial, Citra and Amarillo).
Anybody else experience any changes in their favorite commercial IPAs recently? Any ideas on replacement varieties for some of these hops?
What's more; it seems some commercial breweries may have changed their recipes to account for the shortages in some of these hops - backed off on the amounts of some varieties or changed to other types.
Not sure how true this is but one thing I know for sure; 6-packs of a couple of my favorite IPAs I just bought do NOT taste like they did a couple of months ago, and I heard that one of our local breweries here in Metro Atlanta has changed their recipes already so I think there is probably something to the shift in flavor I'm detecting here, otherwise I've experienced a serious lupulin threshold shift drinking my latest batch of IPA (it was quite hoppy and delicious, if I do say so myself - hopped with Columbus, Chinook, Cascade, Centennial, Citra and Amarillo).
Anybody else experience any changes in their favorite commercial IPAs recently? Any ideas on replacement varieties for some of these hops?