Hop
Sovereign
Spec sheet The maker publishes these figures for this exact product.
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Purpose
- aroma
- Alpha acid
- 4.5–6.5 %
- Beta acid
- 2.1–3.1 %
- Cohumulone
- 26–30 % of alpha
- Total oil
- 0.6–1.0 mL/100 g
Oil breakdown
- Myrcene
- 28 % of oil
- Humulene
- 24 % of oil
- Caryophyllene
- not published
- Farnesene
- 4 % of oil
Description
A granddaughter of Pioneer released in 2006, and the quiet one of the modern English set: flowers and cut grass with a herbal, almost minty edge, and a green-tea bitterness that stays soft. Single-hops a bitter without ever raising its voice.