Style: American Barleywine

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Style Profile

BU:GU

0.76

Hops

9.8 g/L

Mash pH

5.57

Dry Hop

0.3 g/L

Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer

1.08 1.12

1.104

1.016 1.03

1.023

IBU

50 100

ABV

8% 12%

10.8%

SRM

9 18

Typical Grain Bill

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

Common Additions

% of American Barleywine recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering

1.36 g/L 3 g/L

2.14 g/L

Flavour

0.95 g/L 2.55 g/L

1.5 g/L

Aroma

1.25 g/L 3.5 g/L

2.64 g/L

Whirlpool

1.36 g/L 3 g/L

2.5 g/L

Dry Hop

1.42 g/L 4.29 g/L

3.91 g/L

Common Hops

% of American Barleywine recipes using each hop

Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2019

0 g/L 0 g/L

0 g/L

2020

1.8 g/L 3.81 g/L

2.86 g/L

2022

1.14 g/L 3.06 g/L

1.96 g/L

2023

4 g/L 8.17 g/L

4.08 g/L

dated American Barleywine recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of American Barleywine recipes using each strain

Mash Profile

83% Single Infusion
9% Step Mash
9% Decoction

% of American Barleywine recipes with mash data

Typical Water Profile

80 ppm Ca²⁺
5 ppm Mg²⁺
25 ppm Na⁺
75 ppm Cl⁻
82 ppm SO₄²⁻
100 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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