Style: Alternative Sugar Beer

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Style Profile based on 25 recipes

BU:GU

0.36

Hops

3.8 g/L

Mash pH

5.60

Style Guidelines BJCP 2015 Beer

1.02 1.09

1.052

1.006 1.016

1.008

IBU

5 50

ABV

2% 10%

5.9%

SRM

2 50

Description

An Alternative Fermentables Beer is a standard beer (Classic Style or not) with additional fermentable sugars (e.g., honey, brown sugar, invert sugar, molasses, treacle, maple syrup, sorghum, etc.) added. See the Introduction to Specialty-Type Beer section for additional comments, particularly on evaluating the balance of added ingredients with the base beer. A harmonious marriage of sugar and beer, but still recognizable as a beer. The sugar character should both be evident but in balance with the beer, not so forward as to suggest an artificial product.Entry Instructions: The entrant must specify a base style, but the declared style does not have to be a Classic Style. The entrant must specify the type of sugar used.

Examples: Bell’s Hopslam, Fullers Honey Dew, Lagunitas Brown Shugga’

Typical Grain Bill

58% Pale
20% Pilsner
9% Wheat
5% Toast
3% Crystal

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

Common Additions

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

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering

0.47 g/L 1.15 g/L

0.86 g/L

Aroma

0.54 g/L 2.05 g/L

1.71 g/L

Common Fermentables

28% Honey

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of Alternative Sugar Beer recipes using each strain

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