I am curious what the effect of really old hops on a finished beer is. I used some pretty damn old citra hops in a pale ale along with some pretty fresh and properly stored cascade and simcoe. The citra hops smelled fine but not like what you would expect. The finished beer isn't bad but I am getting a generic, coarse, and danky hop character out of the beer that I don't normally associate with any of the hops. Needless to say, I will be throwing the rest of the Citra out...
Could the culprit just be old hops? The citra only makes up about 22% of the total hops used
the hop schedule was
1 oz Simcoe, 1 oz Cascade - 17 min
1 oz Citra, 1 oz Cascade - 5 min
1 oz Cascade, 1/4 oz Simcoe, 1/4 oz Citra - Dry Hop
estimated IBUs was ~48 for a 1.057 beer.