Style: American Amber Ale
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.61
Hops
4.7 g/L
Mash pH
5.48
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.056
FG 1.013
IBU 34
ABV 5.7%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of American Amber Ale recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.9 g/L
Flavour 0.75 g/L
Aroma 1.15 g/L
Whirlpool 1.25 g/L
Dry Hop 1.32 g/L
Common Hops
- 32% Cascade
- 17% Centennial
- 10% Amarillo
- 10% Willamette
- 9% Citra
- 9% Magnum
- 8% Chinook
- 8% Columbus
- 8% Simcoe
- 8% East Kent Goldings
% of American Amber Ale recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 0.75 g/L
2019 1.15 g/L
2020 1.5 g/L
2021 1.25 g/L
2022 0.76 g/L
2023 1.17 g/L
2024 1.87 g/L
dated American Amber Ale recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 19% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 9% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
- 8% Munich Malt
- 8% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L
- 8% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 7% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 7% Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L
- 7% Chocolate Malt
- 6% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L
- 5% Victory Malt
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 25% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 8% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
- 7% California Ale (WLP001) White Labs
- 6% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 3% Nottingham Lallemand
- 2% American Ale II (1272) Wyeast Labs
- 1% English Ale (WLP002) White Labs
- 1% San Diego Super Yeast (WLP090) White Labs
- 1% Dry English Ale (WLP007) White Labs
- 1% US West Coast (M44) Mangrove Jack's
% of American Amber Ale recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 81% Single Infusion
- 16% Step Mash
- 3% Decoction
% of American Amber Ale recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 80 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 25 ppm Na⁺
- 75 ppm Cl⁻
- 80 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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