Style: Alternative Grain Beer

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Style Profile

BU:GU

0.46

Hops

3.5 g/L

Mash pH

5.48

Dry Hop

0.1 g/L

Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG
1.02 1.09
1.056
FG
1.006 1.016
1.012
IBU
5 50
25
ABV
2% 10%
5.9%
SRM
2 50
Typical Grain Bill

% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%

Common Additions

% of Alternative Grain Beer recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering
0.14 g/L 0.9 g/L
0.45 g/L
Flavour
0.35 g/L 0.98 g/L
0.68 g/L
Aroma
0.35 g/L 1.43 g/L
0.63 g/L
Whirlpool
0.63 g/L 1.14 g/L
0.71 g/L
Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2023
0.92 g/L 1.97 g/L
1.44 g/L

dated Alternative Grain Beer recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Mash Profile
  • 31% Single Infusion
  • 69% Step Mash
  • 0% Decoction

% of Alternative Grain Beer recipes with mash data

Typical Water Profile
  • 83 ppm Ca²⁺
  • 5 ppm Mg²⁺
  • 16 ppm Na⁺
  • 87 ppm Cl⁻
  • 86 ppm SO₄²⁻
  • 75 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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