Recipes: American Strong Ale

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Style Profile based on 242 recipes

OG

1.077

FG

1.017

IBU

62

ABV

7.9%

BU:GU

0.83

Hops

8.3 g/L

Dry hop

0.3 g/L

Grain Bill Composition

  • 86% Base
  • 15% Toast
  • 8% Crystal
  • 2% Roast

Median % of grist by malt category

Common Hops

  • 25% Chinook
  • 21% Cascade
  • 21% Centennial
  • 12% Simcoe
  • 11% Citra
  • 11% Columbus
  • 9% Nugget
  • 8% Magnum (GR)
  • 8% Amarillo
  • 5% Fuggles

% of American Strong Ale recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

  • 15% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
  • 9% Belgian - Special B
  • 8% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
  • 7% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
  • 7% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
  • 7% American - Caramel / Crystal 120L
  • 7% American - Pale 2-Row
  • 6% Munich Malt
  • 6% US - Pale 2-Row
  • 5% Special B Malt

Colour = malt category ยท bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

  • 27% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
  • 10% California Ale Yeast (WLP001) White Labs
  • 7% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
  • 3% Dry English Ale Yeast (WLP007) White Labs
  • 3% London Ale III (1318) Wyeast Labs
  • 2% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
  • 2% American Ale II (1272) Wyeast Labs
  • 2% HotHead Ale (OYL-057) Omega
  • 2% Scottish Ale (1728) Wyeast Labs
  • 2% LalBrew Nottingham Lallemand

% of American Strong Ale recipes using each strain

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