can hops contribute a "sweet" taste ?

[simon50]

hello,

i recently used amarillo for the first time.

beer finished @ 1.010, (sg 1.048) hopped up to around 36 IBU's (conservative estimate).

had a sample a couple of days ago before dry hopping and there was like a perfumey sweetness going on ?, not very much perceivable fruit though, not sure i liked it (didn't drink enough to establish this for sure though; very proud of myself).

will it probably have been from the amarillo ? and will it probably subside?; shouldn't really be asking such questions about unfinished beer but i couldn't help myself (not so proud).

i did use 250g caragold in the recipe (8%) for the first time also, but really hope it was not down to that.

has anyone else noted this with amarillo in the "early stages of conditioning" ?

thanks

[gnutz2]

Yes, i also percive young hoppy beers to be very sweet, i find this is also dependant on the variety of hops.

I find the sweet taste goes away any thing from 3-6 weeks conditioning, leaving the true taste of a properly conditioned beer, which unfortunately for you, can be very floral.

Im drinking some amarillo IPA at the moment and they come accross more citrussy to me.

[Jocky]

I've noticed this too with Amarillo if you leave a lot of it to late in the boil in the few Amarillo beers I've done. I actually think it needs to be used quite conservatively as it seems easy to make it overpowering.