Style: Winter Seasonal Beer
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.46
Hops
3.7 g/L
Mash pH
5.51
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.07
FG 1.016
IBU 32
ABV 7.1%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Winter Seasonal Beer recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.25 g/L
Flavour 1.06 g/L
Aroma 1.19 g/L
Whirlpool 1.15 g/L
Dry Hop 1.69 g/L
Common Hops
- 22% Cascade
- 19% East Kent Goldings
- 14% Fuggle
- 12% Northern Brewer
- 11% Magnum
- 9% Willamette
- 7% Saaz
- 6% Columbus
- 6% Chinook
- 6% Centennial
% of Winter Seasonal Beer recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2019 4.99 g/L
2020 1.5 g/L
2022 2.88 g/L
2023 1.33 g/L
dated Winter Seasonal Beer recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 22% Chocolate Malt
- 22% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 17% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
- 11% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 11% Roasted Barley
- 10% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L
- 9% Special B Malt
- 8% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 7% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L
- 7% Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 11% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 9% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 5% London Ale Yeast (1028) Wyeast Labs
- 4% Nottingham Lallemand
- 4% English Ale (WLP002) White Labs
- 3% California Ale (WLP001) White Labs
- 3% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
- 3% Dry English Ale (WLP007) White Labs
- 2% SafBrew Specialty Ale (T-58) Fermentis
- 2% London Ale (WLP013) White Labs
% of Winter Seasonal Beer recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 78% Single Infusion
- 21% Step Mash
- 2% Decoction
% of Winter Seasonal Beer recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 80 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 25 ppm Na⁺
- 75 ppm Cl⁻
- 80 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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