I knew all along that I hated beer, but had no idea why until I started doing homebrew mead and came across a recipe that included hops. As soon as I opened that bag and the smell hit me, I knew why I couldn't stand beer. (And, yet, for some reason, I went ahead and put the hops in. I suppose the people I shared it with didn't mind, though, since it meant more for them.)
For me, it was getting into herbal teas and edible flowers that exposed me to hops.
There ARE some things that taste/smell dreadful by themselves that are OK blended into other flavors and cooked/fermented. But, for me anyway, Hops isn't one of them. What a waste of good mead!!!
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Date: 2008-05-22 05:33 pm (UTC)(looking at the bottle of ale in the fridge) Traitor!
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Date: 2008-05-22 03:39 pm (UTC)I knew all along that I hated beer, but had no idea why until I started doing homebrew mead and came across a recipe that included hops. As soon as I opened that bag and the smell hit me, I knew why I couldn't stand beer. (And, yet, for some reason, I went ahead and put the hops in. I suppose the people I shared it with didn't mind, though, since it meant more for them.)
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Date: 2008-05-22 03:52 pm (UTC)There ARE some things that taste/smell dreadful by themselves that are OK blended into other flavors and cooked/fermented. But, for me anyway, Hops isn't one of them. What a waste of good mead!!!