Any advice on Sovereign Hops

[Jeltz]

I had a packet of these amongst others for Xmas, but I can't find much info on them other than a suggestion to combine with Goldings or Fuggles,

Has anyone used them as the sole aroma hop in a brew? I like malty bitters and am planning a bitter with Challenger as the bittering and have plenty of Goldings and Fuggles but wandered if they are good on their own?

[scuppeteer]

Not one I like, tried it a couple of times in a single hop brew and was very unimpressed. Waitrose sell Duchy IPA which is an all Sovereign brew, try one of those before committing to brewing with them. Its possible they work better with other hops as you suggest but don't hold your breath.
Cheers

[barney]

I made an English IPA and used a lot of Sovereign and some EKG hops It was tremendous. I think it was one of my best brews. It was a 1050 beer and about 60 IBU

Sovereign 60 mins 3.8g ltr
Sovereign 15 mins 1.3 g ltr
EKG 15 mins 1.3g ltr
Sovereign 0 mins 1.3g ltr
EKG 0 mins 1.3g ltr

[Manx Guy]

Hi!

I had a summer (pale) ale that was about 5% which I would guess was a SMASH and thought it was nice...
There are few hops I dont like Bodacia being the main one, but each to their own...

Barney's recipe a above looks good!

Guy

[barney]

Bloody Hell guy I just got me a kilo of Bodacia, whats up with them?

[Rookie]

Instead of committing an entire batch brew a lighly hopped bitter and after fermentation is done put a gallon or so in a seperate carboy and dry hop with the sovereign.
Same advice for the boadicia.

[jimp2003]

I have tried a couple of commercial single hop beers with sovereign. One was by Marstons which was nice and the other was from Marks and Sparks brewed by Elgoods. The M&S beer was a bit too sweet for me. My memories of the marstons beer was that it was also a bit sweet. I got a vanilla flavour from both beers which I assumed came from the hops.

[Jeltz]

Thanks all I think I shall combine it with Goldings, on an equal footing.

House Bitter April 2013
Extra Special/Strong Bitter

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 23.0
Total Grain (kg): 4.550
Total Hops (g): 120.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.050 (°P): 12.4
Final Gravity (FG): 1.013 (°P): 3.3
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.91 %
Colour (SRM): 10.7 (EBC): 21.0
Bitterness (IBU): 49.6 (Tinseth)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 80
Boil Time (Minutes): 90

Grain Bill
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4.000 kg Maris Otter Malt (87.91%)
0.500 kg Crystal 30 (10.99%)
0.050 kg Chocolate (1.1%)

Hop Bill
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40.0 g Challenger Leaf (8.9% Alpha) @ 90 Minutes (Boil) (1.7 g/L)
20.0 g East Kent Golding Leaf (4.7% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
20.0 g Soverign Leaf (4.7% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
20.0 g East Kent Golding Leaf (4.7% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
20.0 g Sovereign Leaf (4.7% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)

Misc Bill
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3.0 g Irish Moss @ 10 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 66°C for 120 Minutes.
Fermented at 20°C with Safale S-04


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