beer thats not hoppy

roland_7707

This may be a silly topic, but is there a beer that does not taste like hopps? Like cigars, I'm still new at this too and the few that I'v had, had an overwhelming flavor of hopps. One was Sam Adams Octoberfest and the other was a Corona. Trying to branch out, but not sure which direction to go. Thanks for your help.

docbp87

Corona has very little hoppiness to it... To really tell the difference between a hoppy and a malty flavor, drink a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and a Guinness. Guinness has a VERY heavy roasty malt flavor, where the SN PA is basically nothing but bitter hoppiness. If you're just getting into beer, like, never had beer before, I will tell you, for most people it is an acquired taste. Don't give up. Even I didn't care for beer when i first started drinking, but boy I basically NEED the stuff these days.

bigharpoon

Pale ales, IPAs, ESBs, etc. will have a strong hop flavor. Darker, richer beers will still have hops but the sweetness of the malt will be the dominant flavor. Porters and stouts have a very dark, chocolatey sometimes bitter sweet flavor. Ambers and reds have mostly a sweet flavor and a medium body. Experimentation is a wonderful journey so enjoy it. Coronas, Bud, Coors, etc. are all light lager and in a category to themselves. Octoberfests, Marzens and most winter ales are also lagers but actually taste good. Ales are where my heart lies and most micro-brews are ales.

skweekz

415

Try a Belgian Ale.

wwhwang

Beer is usually an acquired taste. Once you get past the slight bitterness of the hops, you start to notice the real flavors. But goddamn, I love hops.

dennisking

I didn't like hoppy beers until I moved outside of Portland where they grow hops and every beer seems to have quite a bit of hops. Once you find some white ales and hefeweizen beers that you like, try some red ales and then move to some pale ales. after that, you need to move to IPA's and before you know it, you'll be drinking Ninkasi Tricerahops like me. triple hopped for your pleasure

JCizzle

Delerium Tremens, Tripel Karmeliet, Chimay Cinq Cent, any of those.

415

JCizzle

zoom6zoom

I don't go for the heavily hopped brews as much any more, maybe once in a while. Too many of the brewers just got a little too crazy with the hop bombs. A great example of a brew leaning to the malt side is Three Floyd's Robert the Bruce, one of my favorites.

Rob1110

I'm not a fan of hops either. If you can find an aged beer, those are usually less hoppy and sometimes slightly sweet. In general, even bottle aging a very hoppy beer, such as an IPA will reduce the bitter hops notes. Barrel aging will do this trick a bit more quickly. I was told "if you try a beer and it's too hoppy for you, buy another one and let it sit for a few years, you'll like it much more."

Jetmech_63

JCizzle

Hays

Heavy

roland_7707

Thanks for all of the replies fellas. I definatly need to make a list. I do like other stuff, rum, vodka, burbon, but I am now trying out beer and my experiences has been less that tasty. thanks for the suggestions. I have been wanting to try Guinness for a while, just havent had the chance yet.

xmacro

Guinness is my all-time favorite beer, but be aware that it's an acquired taste all it's own, totally separate from the acquired taste of beer. I loved beer for years before coming to Guinness, and first time I drank it, I hated it - had to get used to it before I really started enjoying it

ejenne87

Before you try Guinness, try some of the darker beers from Samuel Smiths. All of the ones Jetmech mentioned are really great beers. Like marco said, Guinness is different than just about anything else and may take some getting used to. The Oatmeal Stout from Samuel Smiths though is just plain tastey! You'l hardly know its a beer :-)

Sandman1am

ejenne87:

Before you try Guinness, try some of the darker beers from Samuel Smiths. All of the ones Jetmech mentioned are really great beers. Like marco said, Guinness is different than just about anything else and may take some getting used to. The Oatmeal Stout from Samuel Smiths though is just plain tastey! You'l hardly know its a beer :-)

I've been meaning to get around to trying the Oatmeal Stout it sounds so good. I agree with Evan and marco I hated Guinness when I first tried it so many years ago. Now I really enjoy it. I don't know if my palate changed or if I have started to actually taste beer instead of chuggin it. LOL

Ken Light

sol1821

Ken Light

bigharpoon

JCizzle

Boddingtons is good for slamming. Because of the Nitrogen/CO2 blend, it goes down quickly.

Sandman1am

JCizzle:

Boddingtons is good for slamming. Because of the Nitrogen/CO2 blend, it goes down quickly.

Many beers are only good for slamming!

Luko

Sandman1am:

JCizzle:

Boddingtons is good for slamming. Because of the Nitrogen/CO2 blend, it goes down quickly.

Many beers are only good for slamming!

Good point, I can suck down 10-12 yuenglings no problem, but I wouldn't do that with a dales pale ale or something else really hoppy, or really malty.

JCizzle

One that I'm not too fond of is Fullers London Pride.

sol1821

zoom6zoom

So you won't find a beer without any hops at all.

[python]Sausage, eggs, bacon and Budweiser. That's not got much hops in it...[/python]

JCizzle