Sorachi Ace as bittering hop

[MikeMarcus]

Has anybody used Sorachi as a bittering hop? Is it soft or harsh? Does the (extremely odd) flavor survive a 90 minute boil or would it mellow into something more palatable?

It would be nice to retain a subtle hint of the dill and lemongrass flavors without my beer tasting like fairy liquid.

[dogchillibilly]

brew dog did a 100% SA beer so they obviously used it for bittering.
Beer tasted ok - no nasty flavours.

SA is certainly a unique taste though.

[MikeMarcus]

I have drank a number of Sorachi beers including the brewdog one, my question was whether anyone has experienced it as a bittering only addition.

My experience of Sorachi is that once the novelty has worn off, it tastes like crap (obviously subjective I know but fairy liquid and dill...blerghh). Apparently it might be a great bittering only hop but I'm not wasting a batch to find out.

[seanipops]

I'd have thought that there are cheaper bittering hops. I've not used Sorachi successfully in a single hop brew (it got infected) but I have used it in combination with Citra and it worked perfectly ok.

Hope this helps
Sean

[idbrew]

I've done two all Sorachi pale ales and both were great imo (although the flavor can seem kind of sickly after a while). I don't remember anything in particular about the quality of the bitterness.

ps I'd like to say that I had to google "fairy liquid" to make sure that it wasn't a euphemism for something unwholesome :)