Style: Alternative Grain Beer
All StylesStyle 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 1.056
FG 1.012
IBU 25
ABV 5.9%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
- 59% Pale (48%)
- 39% Toast (13%)
- 35% Crystal (10%)
- 28% Pilsner (70%)
- 23% Oats (14%)
- 23% adjunct (30%)
- 20% Wheat (17%)
% of Alternative Grain Beer recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.45 g/L
Flavour 0.68 g/L
Aroma 0.63 g/L
Whirlpool 0.71 g/L
Common Hops
- 17% Cascade
- 16% Saaz
- 14% Magnum
- 9% Citra
- 8% East Kent Goldings
- 8% Tettnang
- 6% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 5% Amarillo
- 5% Aurora
- 5% Fuggle
% of Alternative Grain Beer recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2023 1.44 g/L
dated Alternative Grain Beer recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 10% Flaked Oats
- 8% Munich Malt
- 7% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 7% Rice Hulls
- 6% Cane Sugar
- 6% Corn Sugar - Dextrose
- 6% Oats, Flaked
- 5% Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L
- 5% Flaked Rice
- 5% Froment, Flocon
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 16% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 5% SafLager German Lager (S-189) Fermentis
- 3% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 3% NovaLager Lallemand
% of Alternative Grain Beer recipes using each strain
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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