Sterling

All Hops

USA Both

nobleherbalspicyfloral

Alpha

5.5% 8.5%

9.1%

Beta

4% 6%

Cohum.

22% 28%

Oils

1 mL 2 mL

Description

Sterling is an aroma hop that is typically used in only late boil additions, including dry hopping. Sterling hops have aroma descriptors that include noble and spicy.

Recipe Stats based on 715 recipes

Prevalence

0.5%

Usage by addition type (g/L · median with IQR range)

Bittering

0.62 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.94 g/L

Flavour

0.38 g/L 1.26 g/L

0.69 g/L

Aroma

0.69 g/L 1.38 g/L

1.2 g/L

Whirlpool

0.65 g/L 1.02 g/L

0.75 g/L

Dry Hop

0.75 g/L 1.47 g/L

1.33 g/L

Hop Addition Timing

Bittering (50 min) · 43% Flavour (22 min) · 16% Aroma (5 min) · 34% Whirlpool · 4% Dry Hop · 3%

% of total hop weight · avg boil time where applicable

Common Styles

% of [style] recipes using this hop · (recipe count in brackets)

Pairs Well With

11% Saaz (CZ) 81 recipes
11% Magnum (GR) 78 recipes
6% Cascade 46 recipes
5% Centennial 34 recipes
5% Citra 34 recipes
4% Styrian Golding 28 recipes
3% Perle (GR) 25 recipes
3% Willamette 25 recipes
3% Simcoe 23 recipes
3% Tettnanger 23 recipes

% of recipes using this hop that also use the paired hop