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 700 recipes

Prevalence

0.5%

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

Bittering

0.55 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.84 g/L

Flavour

0.36 g/L 1.14 g/L

0.69 g/L

Aroma

0.68 g/L 1.37 g/L

1.07 g/L

Whirlpool

0.69 g/L 0.96 g/L

0.77 g/L

Hop Addition Timing

Bittering (50 min) · 39% Flavour (23 min) · 23% Aroma (5 min) · 31% Whirlpool · 5%

% 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) 80 recipes
11% Magnum (GR) 77 recipes
7% Cascade 46 recipes
5% Centennial 34 recipes
5% Citra 33 recipes
4% Styrian Golding 27 recipes
4% Perle (GR) 25 recipes
4% Willamette 25 recipes
3% Tettnanger 23 recipes
3% Simcoe 22 recipes

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