[BrewBama]

The IPA, non-dry hopped, was a hit and the keg floated.

I'm planning to re-brew for our fall block party and may throw some dry hops at it that time.

Outstanding! 

I’ve been goofing with different flame out/whirlpool/hop stands and I can’t tell much difference.


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[Richard]

It is genetic, Stan Hieronymus has talked about that.

Good to know.  I don't suppose you have a handy reference?

Just ran across it in the book "For the Love of Hops" by Stan Herionymous. See pg 39 in the section "Why You Smell Tomahto and I Smell..."

On the next page is a quote from Keller at Rockefeller University, who says "Everybody's olfactory world is a unique, private world." That quote is referenced as coming from a Scientific American Article from 2011 titled "You Smell Flowers, I Smell Stale Urine".

[Robert]

It is genetic, Stan Hieronymus has talked about that.

Good to know.  I don't suppose you have a handy reference?

Just ran across it in the book "For the Love of Hops" by Stan Herionymous. See pg 39 in the section "Why You Smell Tomahto and I Smell..."

On the next page is a quote from Keller at Rockefeller University, who says "Everybody's olfactory world is a unique, private world." That quote is referenced as coming from a Scientific American Article from 2011 titled "You Smell Flowers, I Smell Stale Urine".

Thanks.  I've got that book but didn't remember that being in there.  I'll have a look!

[charlie]

I wonder if people have a 'love-it or hate-it" genetic predisposition to Citra or other hops. In the same manner that some despise cilantro (they detect a soapy taste) and others love it. Or how some people get stinky pee from eating asparagus and others do not.

It's quite probable. I encountered the phenomenon early in life when my science teacher tested the class for PTC tasters.

https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/ptc/