Recipes: Premium American Lager

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Style Profile based on 140 recipes

OG

1.052

FG

1.011

IBU

24

ABV

5.3%

BU:GU

0.49

Hops

3.1 g/L

Grain Bill Composition

  • 94% Base
  • 13% Toast
  • 7% Crystal

Median % of grist by malt category

Common Hops

  • 25% Samba
  • 17% Tettnanger
  • 12% Cascade
  • 10% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
  • 10% Hallertau Taurus
  • 8% Southern Brewer
  • 7% Perle (GR)
  • 7% Cluster
  • 6% Centennial
  • 6% Motueka

% of Premium American Lager recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

  • 23% Corn, Flaked
  • 19% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
  • 19% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
  • 18% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
  • 14% Rice, Flaked
  • 9% Pale Malt (6 Row) US
  • 9% Pilsner (2 Row) Bel
  • 8% Flaked Corn
  • 8% Munich Malt
  • 7% Rice Hulls

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

  • 12% American Lager (2035) Wyeast Labs
  • 11% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
  • 9% SafLager West European Lager (S-23) Fermentis
  • 7% Danish Lager (2042) Wyeast Labs
  • 7% American Lager Yeast (WLP840) White Labs
  • 5% Pilsner Lager Yeast (WLP800) White Labs
  • 4% Mexican Lager Yeast (WLP940) White Labs
  • 4% San Francisco Lager Yeast (WLP810) White Labs
  • 4% California Lager (2112) Wyeast Labs
  • 3% German Lager Yeast (WLP830) White Labs

% of Premium American Lager recipes using each strain

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