What do cascade hops taste like

A crossbreed of English Fuggle and Russian Serebrianker. They are currently grown in the USA and Australia and are the most popular hop variety used in the American craft brewing industry.

If you had more than one American craft beer, chances are you've tasted Cascade hops. Flavors of pine, citrus, and floral undertones give these beers their life and personality.

And a moderate alpha level think bitterness lends them their versatility as both aroma and bittering hop. Cascade is the hop that made hops famous. It single-handedly defined the American Pale Ale style. Cascade is bursting with zesty grapefruit flavor and aroma from the high levels of myrcene oil. It lends a pleasant and balanced bitter, but is ideally used in late hop additions to maximize that bright flavor and aroma. The bright citrus is backed by some soft floral and spice, which rounds out the profile.

Brewing with fresh leaf from this iconic hop is a real treat. The notorious king hop of pale ales. I saw a rather good deal on Cascade hop pellets compared to my local homebrew store. I had an idea for another brew so I decided to add the hops for that recipe as well.

If I had more funds the list would have grown. Everything arrived quickly and well sealed. That darn sticker was the coolest thing to receive as a bonus as well. It seems the use of Cascade hops in homebrewing is really quite popular. My goal with this BrewGround was to understand the Cascade hops profile, and determine the impact it has on aroma and flavor given its popularity.

The Cascade hop is a dual purpose hop, often used to add aroma, but can also be used on the bittering side. Cascade is known to provide floral, spice, and citrus qualities and is said to provide a strong grapefruit character. Cascade is by far the most used hop when it comes to craft beer. I decided to do this BrewGround using a Pale Ale recipe, to really try and highlight the single use of the Cascade hop. I used a pretty simple recipe of Pale Ale malt along with some Vienna to provide some additional flavor.

Using my standard BrewGround process , I brewed up a 1. After 7 days in the primary, I bottled and let the beer condition at 64 degrees for 3 weeks before tasting. This was a very good beer. Yes it was single hopped, but had a great overall taste that was very balanced between malt and hops character. What I did get was more floral then citrus, all very subtle, not one character overpowering the other.