Style: American Lager
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.40
Hops
3.1 g/L
Mash pH
5.52
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.048
FG 1.01
IBU 19
ABV 5%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of American Lager recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.68 g/L
Flavour 0.68 g/L
Aroma 0.75 g/L
Whirlpool 0.84 g/L
Dry Hop 1.62 g/L
Common Hops
- 18% Saaz
- 13% Cascade
- 9% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 8% Magnum
- 7% Tettnang
- 6% Citra
- 5% Taurus
- 5% Cluster
- 5% Hallertau
- 5% Northern Brewer
% of American Lager recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2019 0.68 g/L
2020 1.3 g/L
2021 0 g/L
2022 1.06 g/L
2023 2.3 g/L
2024 3.63 g/L
dated American Lager recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 13% Flaked Corn
- 12% Corn, Flaked
- 10% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 9% American - Pilsner
- 7% Rice, Flaked
- 7% Flaked Rice
- 7% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 6% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 4% Pale Malt (6 Row) US
- 4% US - Pale 2-Row
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 25% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 6% American Lager Yeast (WLP840) White Labs
- 4% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 4% Mexican Lager (WLP940) White Labs
- 3% Diamond Lager Lallemand
- 3% SafLager German Lager (S-189) Fermentis
- 3% American Lager (2035) Wyeast Labs
- 3% California Lager (M54) Mangrove Jack's
- 2% SafLager West European Lager (S-23) Fermentis
- 2% NovaLager Lallemand
% of American Lager recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 69% Single Infusion
- 27% Step Mash
- 4% Decoction
% of American Lager recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 60 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 51 ppm Cl⁻
- 55 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 25 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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