Nutty flavour

[shazapple]

9 lb   Maris Otter    
1 lb   Honey Malt
1 lb   Melanoidin
Wyeast 1056
0.5 oz Amarillo   Boil - 60 min
1 oz Amarillo   Boil - 5 min
2.5 oz Amarillo    Dry Hop - 7 days

I made the above recipe and it came out with what I would describe as a dank and nutty flavour on the first half of the keg. Some described it as perfumy when tasting the latter half of the keg. I had attributed it to the amarillo but maybe it's the honey malt? I never experienced the flowery-citrus of the Amarillo but maybe that is the dank/perfumy flavour? After this I'm not really inclined to try the amarillo again but maybe this was not the right recipe...

[Roger]

Well Amarillo is one of my favorite hops but I've never had it taste perfumy before. It might be the honey malt not blending with an all Amarillo hops or a shitty batch of Amarillo... I have no experience with honey malt though so it migh be a common thing with it in that amount...

[robcoombs]

Same here. I've gotten some dank qualities from amarillo before but I always felt that was a poor batch. I've never experienced nut from amarillo or any other hop for that matter. I've used honey malt sparingly and it does have a unique character but I wouldn't say nutty. Only way to know is to sub it out for something else.

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[feldmann]

As the others have stated, I could see the dank coming from the Amarilo but the perfume, and nutty I can't really figure out. I personally don't think its the honey malt. Do you remember how old the yeast was and did you make a starter?