Recipes: Light American Lager

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Style Profile based on 217 recipes

OG

1.046

FG

1.010

IBU

15

ABV

4.8%

BU:GU

0.33

Hops

3.1 g/L

Dry hop

0.1 g/L

Grain Bill Composition

  • 100% Base
  • 13% Toast
  • 7% Crystal

Median % of grist by malt category

Common Hops

  • 13% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
  • 13% Saaz (CZ)
  • 12% Samba
  • 9% Magnum (GR)
  • 8% Cascade
  • 6% Hallertauer Hersbrucker
  • 6% Citra
  • 5% Tettnanger
  • 4% Motueka
  • 4% Hallertau Tradition

% of Light American Lager recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

  • 21% American - Pilsner
  • 19% Flaked Corn
  • 17% Flaked Rice
  • 6% American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)
  • 6% German - Pilsner
  • 5% US - Pale 2-Row
  • 5% German - Acidulated Malt
  • 4% Weyermann - Pilsner
  • 4% Rice Hulls
  • 3% Briess - Carapils Malt

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

  • 27% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
  • 7% Lutra Kveik (OYL-071) Omega
  • 4% LalBrew Voss Lallemand
  • 4% LalBrew Diamond Lager Lallemand
  • 3% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
  • 2% Mexican Lager Yeast (WLP940) White Labs
  • 2% American Lager Yeast (WLP840) White Labs
  • 2% California Lager (M54) Mangrove Jack
  • 2% German Lager Yeast (WLP830) White Labs
  • 1% AEB Fermolager W

% of Light American Lager recipes using each strain

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