This week, we present to you a SMaSH hop showdown. John brewed up two beers in SMaSH format and challenged me to pick out the hop I prefer. He pitted East Kent Goldings vs. Fuggles trying to see if I would get tripped up.
Thankfully I didn't and still picked EKG as my favorite. We were both initially very surprised at the fruitiness coming off both beers in the aroma. Way more fruity that I normally perceive those two hops. We postulated that maybe it was a function of a little peach coming from the dried yeast US-05 (that's a common off flavor that creeps up from time to time with US-05).
It was admittedly difficult to pick between the two they both seemed so similar. I eventually pick the EKG as it seemed to have just a little something else in there that made it seem more "English" ale like in character which I was probably drawn too.
Off camera, however, as the beers warmed up Fuggles really started to show their super earthy and grassy like aroma and flavor. It was borderline unpleasant. We both wonder if Fuggles is extra sensitive to oxidation once it was in the glass. Interesting Hop SHOWDOWN!
Cheers!
Check out the full report here:
www.brew-dudes.com/goldings-fu...
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