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Got a gift from a friend that was a Bison Brewing Company IPA that was part of a hop seriers where they brew an IPA focusing on a single hop. Mine was a Columbus hop, and I'm guessing that there's others from Bison featuring other hops. However, could not find anything on Bison's web page about this series of one-hop IPA's.

I think it's a great idea to brew one-hop beers so we can taste the differences in characteristics, plus it keeps things interesting. I've only tried one other IPA that focused on one hop at my local brewpub (happened to be a Simcoe hop, which was also good). Is there going to be a trend of one-hop beers from other breweries? Sure hope so.

BTW, mine friend told me he got it at the Belmont Station beer store in Portland, so maybe this one-hop series is extremely limited since this store tends to carry a selection of hard-to-find beers.

Reply to
Blake S
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Is that from the Bison Brewing Company in Northern CA. that also makes a stout utilizing cocoa powder? I quite liked that rich stout; it was less sweet than most chocolate-flavored stouts (Young's, Rogue).

I don't know about any single hop IPAs. But Victory has done a few single hop pilsners which were supposed to be very good. Grant's used to have a series of seasonal ales, each of which featured a single variety of hop. The beers were interesting but I don't know if they are still made.

Reply to
Kenji

I think it's tough to make a well balanced beer with only one hop variety. Since some hops are better for bittering and some for aroma and flavor, I can see it being a bit of work.

Reply to
Ben

The dividing line between bittering/aroma isn't as sharp as you'd think. I brewed (make that "brew" as I'm probably not yet finished) a series of blonde ales that were single-hopped-- Santiam, , Saaz, Hallertauer, Tettnanger, Amarillo, Simcoe, etc. They all tasted good, though some aged more gracefully than others, and all were well-balanced (though perhaps lacked complexity).

Reply to
Joel

I can see that. I think for an IPA though you might want the complexity. I definitely haven't brewed enough to know the difference between using say Saaz for aroma rather than just for bittering.

Maybe it would be a good way for me to become more familiar with various hops.

Ben

Reply to
Ben

I don't have any notes but I believe Shipyard makes an IPA that only uses Fuggles hops and I remember thinking it was pretty tasty..

Reply to
Bill Becker

I like 'em , Bells 2heart (Centennial), Hop Ottin (Columbus), probly a shiteload of brewers that just use Cascade, the mighty Bert Grant (rip) did single hop brews....Amarillo would be nice...

AC/DE!

Reply to
drunkenemperor

Hop Ottin is a good IPA. Not really a standout, but what is does, it does well. It's a good balance between malt and hops, good value (7%), and has great distribution. Whenever I'm out of the SF Bay Area, especially in some small podunk town, Hop Ottin is the one decent IPA I'm likely to run across. It's saved my ass from beer mediocrity more than once. :)

My brewer buddy made an all Amarillo IPA. I don't recall the exact tasting notes, but it struck me as "abrupt" or maybe "sharp". I didn't really care for it. But, that's just me.

nb

Reply to
notbob

Grant's did a summer ale once which used Amarillo hops exclusively and was good.

I didn't realize that Bell's Two Hearted and AV's Hop Ottin' were single hop IPAs. I like 'em too.

Reply to
Kenji

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