Which commercial beers use Fuggles?

[samnorfolk]

Which commercial beers use fuggles for the brews? Ive got loads to use up but every time I've done a brew it hasn't never tasted as good as id like?? Maybe its the hop itself i don't like but without trying some beers that i know its in i won't know. Cheers

 

[terrym]

Try this for starters......
http://beerlegends.com/fuggle-uk-hops
I also have a note that White Shield, Shepherd Neame IPA, and Fullers IPA all contain Fuggles but combined with other hop varieties.

 

[jceg316]

Fuggles is a very misunderstood hop I think. Like most craft beer loving hipsters I'd laugh at how pathetic it was, make fun of it, take it's lunch money etc. But since I've got more involved in homebrewing and have a better understanding of ingredients, I respect it much more.

It's not a good hop to use in large quantities for late additions in IPAs, especially as a single hop, but it has many other uses.

I find it's a great bittering hop. It may have a low AA%, but as its cheap it can used in quantity and the bittering qualities it has is a very smooth and pleasant bitterness. Comparing it to something like Chinook which was made for bittering and has a high AA%, it can be very harsh.

I may not choose it for hop forward IPAs, but it's great in many other styles. It's flavour goes well as a late addition in stouts and saisons where it adds a bit of an extra dimension to the other ingredients. It's also used a lot in Belgian style beers. I think Westmalle uses it, or at least this clone of it does: http://byo.com/hops/item/1744-westmalle-abbey-tripel-clone.

So it's a really good auxiliary hop to support the main flavours of a brew and add a bit of dimension. I have a Fuggles plant growing in my garden and will make a saison with it and probably add it to a lager too.

In reply to your question, a lot of "real ale" - best bitters, English style blondes, browns, reds, ESBs etc - use Fuggles, but off the top of my head can't think which. Despite what I just said earlier Tiny Rebel came out with an IPA called Fugg Life which uses Fuggles, however it's not a single hop and they use some other British hops as well.

 

[Leon103]

Most of the British brews in lidl list fuggles.

 

[chuffer]

lots of british real ales use it - fairly bog standard beer bittering fodder really ....I'll dig out Graham Wheeler's book later and get back to you with some examples

 

[Sandimas]

Donnington brewery here in the Cotswolds use Fuggles as their main hop
http://www.donnington-brewery.com/

There's a couple of Donnington recipes in the Wheeler book, both of which use Fuggles as the bittering hop with no late hop additions at all. I've done one of them and it does come out close, very moorish. I won't copy the recipe but if you use some brewing software to come up with a brew around 30 IBU bitterness and 4% ABV, light brown ale with pale malt and a bit of crystal, you won't be far off.

 

[samnorfolk]

Donnington brewery here in the Cotswolds use Fuggles as their main hop
http://www.donnington-brewery.com/

There's a couple of Donnington recipes in the Wheeler book, both of which use Fuggles as the bittering hop with no late hop additions at all. I've done one of them and it does come out close, very moorish. I won't copy the recipe but if you use some brewing software to come up with a brew around 30 IBU bitterness and 4% ABV, light brown ale with pale malt and a bit of crystal, you won't be far off.

So just using fuggles no other hop

 

[Sandimas]

Yes, just Fuggles and in at the start of the boil, no later hopping. Sounds odd but it works.

 

[chuffer]

lots of british real ales use it - fairly bog standard beer bittering fodder really ....I'll dig out Graham Wheeler's book later and get back to you with some examples

So, I've found:

Adnams broadside (with challenger)
Arkells 3B and kingsdown (with Golding)
Banks bitter and original (with Golding)
Bathams best (with northdown and Golding)
Big lamp bitter (with Golding)
Black sheep ale, best and riggwelter (with challenger, golding and progress)
Boddingtons (with WG)
Caledonian 80/- and deuchars ipa (with Golding and styrian resp.)
Cotleigh barn owl (with Northdown)
Cotleigh tawny (with challenger and Golding)
Donningtons as mentioned above
Everards beacon, original and tiger (with challenger)
Exe valley autumn glory (with Golding and styrian)
Exe valley dob's best (with Golding)
Gale's butser and HSB (with challenger and Golding)
Hook norton hooky bitter and old hooky (with challenger)
Hyde's original (with challenger)
Marston's burton bitter and pedigree (with WG and Golding)
Mcmullen country best (with bramling cross and progress)
Moorhouses pendle witches brew (all fuggles)
Ruddles best (with northdown, bramling cross and Golding)
Theakston best (with challenger)
Theakston old peculiar (with challenger and Golding)
Wadworth 6x, JCB and old father timer (with Golding)
Young's special (with Golding)

 

[chuffer]

So it tends to be paired quite a lot with Golding but of the list above (of the ones ive tried) there's only a few that I like and that could be due to the earthy flavour the hop is reported to impart

 

[HebridesRob]

I use it a lot in dark beers. Don't really like it in my light beers.