# What do hops taste like & what can they be used for besides beer?

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**Created:** [January 28, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-hops-taste-like-what-can-they-be-used-for-besides-beer/569323 "2011-01-28T19:20:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-hops-taste-like-what-can-they-be-used-for-besides-beer/569323/21 "2011-01-29T02:14:00Z")

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> [@madmonk28](#):
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> **DCnDC** , you can take a tour of Dominion Brewery in Ashville, VA not far from DC. During the tour they hand out hops and invite you to taste them.

Sounds good. I was in Rehobeth last summer and we were planning to visit the Dogfish brewery but they were closed the day we were there ☹ (we were staying up the road in Lewes).

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**Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-hops-taste-like-what-can-they-be-used-for-besides-beer/569323/22 "2011-01-29T22:45:14Z")

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Look up “hops and recipes” in the Big G and you’ll get a feel for it’s uses (besides beer, obviously). I do recall seeing a recipe or two from Belgium or the Netherlands where hops was the base.

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**Post date:** [January 29, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-hops-taste-like-what-can-they-be-used-for-besides-beer/569323/23 "2011-01-29T23:16:28Z")

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A thread from 5 months ago:

[Besides beer, are hops used in anything else?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574599)

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