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For whatever reason, the bartender decided to put a hop flower in the glass along with the beer. My friends took turns smelling it and I couldn't smell a thing; wonder what that means?

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Wow, I can't imagine a bar even keeping those around. That's pretty cool. If it didn't have much odor, it is probably just a bit old and/or not stored cool. Hops, especially whole flowers, do go "stale" after a while. I think its something to do with the oils evaporating. If you freeze hops they can last a good while, and hop pellets generally last longer than whole hops.

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Yeah, I know breweries and brewpubs keep them around for show, but I've never seen that in a bar. As for the flower itself, it looked pretty yellow and old, but my friends said they could get a pretty good whiff of it. I didn't get a damn thing. Still interesting though. By the way, for any New Yorkers, definitely search for Captain Lawrence beers. The ones you'll see in stores are St. Vecent's Dubbel and Xtra Gold, their take on the hoppy tripel.