Aromas

[grombo80]

is it possible to use certain things to get aroma in your beer without adding the flavour??

for example;

a freshly mowed lawn

my theory is everyone likes the smell of a fresh cut lawn (as long as the no barkers eggs on it), would make a good novalty beer.

I dont know if this is a stupid question as I am new to brewing, im only on my 4th batch.

 

[big78sam]

If you want aroma without much flavour try dry hopping actual hops. If you dry hop for a while you'll get plenty of aroma and some "grassiness"

Lawn clippings sound terrible to me, but then again I get hay fever...

 

[kierent]

That's an interesting one! I must admit I love the smell of a fresh cut lawn but i'm not sure i'd want it in my beer. might be a bit offputting! interesting idea though. i think the grassiness from dry hopping for long periods of time would be different though to fresh cut lawn

 

[Bizier]

You could try good pilsner malt (which can give very pleasant "outdoor in nature" type aromas - at least to me) if you are an all-grain brewer. As per above, you could try dry hopping with a hop that could give grassy aromas, e.g. high amounts of a low alpha-acid EU hop like Saaz.

Seriously though, I think the best European lagers tell me stories about the ingredients, you can kind of smell the air that they grew in. Aaaaaand that made me sound like a dirty hippy.

 

[Silo Ted]

you can kind of smell the air that they grew in. Aaaaaand that made me sound like a dirty hippy.

I can smell the green-ness of the air billowing out of your house windows already :lol:

 

[unrealeous]

If you dry hop for a while you'll get plenty of aroma and some "grassiness"

You use a hop back - aroma without the grassiness
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...showtopic=43374