Style: American Pale Ale
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.74
Hops
6.6 g/L
Mash pH
5.56
Dry Hop
0.5 g/L
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.053
FG 1.012
IBU 39
ABV 5.4%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of American Pale Ale recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.64 g/L
Flavour 0.68 g/L
Aroma 1 g/L
Whirlpool 1.12 g/L
Dry Hop 1.36 g/L
Common Hops
- 34% Cascade
- 25% Citra
- 15% Centennial
- 12% Mosaic
- 12% Amarillo
- 11% Simcoe
- 10% Magnum
- 9% Columbus
- 8% Chinook
- 6% Galaxy
% of American Pale Ale recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2017 2.72 g/L
2018 1.36 g/L
2019 1.36 g/L
2020 1.36 g/L
2021 1.36 g/L
2022 1.33 g/L
2023 1.43 g/L
2024 1.36 g/L
dated American Pale Ale recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 14% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 7% American - Pale 2-Row
- 7% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 6% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 5% American - Pale Ale
- 5% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
- 4% Munich Malt
- 4% American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)
- 4% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
- 4% Flaked Oats
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 37% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 8% California Ale (WLP001) White Labs
- 6% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
- 4% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 2% US West Coast (M44) Mangrove Jack's
- 2% Nottingham Lallemand
- 2% American Ale II (1272) Wyeast Labs
- 1% London Ale III (1318) Wyeast Labs
- 1% American West Coast Ale (BRY-97) Lallemand
- 1% English Ale (WLP002) White Labs
% of American Pale Ale recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 79% Single Infusion
- 16% Step Mash
- 4% Decoction
% of American Pale Ale recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 75 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 50 ppm Cl⁻
- 143 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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