Style: Australian Sparkling Ale
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.59
Hops
3.2 g/L
Mash pH
5.49
Dry Hop
0.2 g/L
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.049
FG 1.01
IBU 29
ABV 5%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Australian Sparkling Ale recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.31 g/L
Flavour 0.3 g/L
Aroma 0.37 g/L
Whirlpool 0.31 g/L
Dry Hop 0.62 g/L
Common Hops
- 32% Galaxy
- 21% Pride of Ringwood
- 11% Citra
- 9% Cascade
- 8% East Kent Goldings
- 7% Mosaic
- 5% Centennial
- 5% Cluster
- 5% Nelson Sauvin
- 5% Willamette
% of Australian Sparkling Ale recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2023 0.62 g/L
dated Australian Sparkling Ale recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 11% Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White)
- 9% Wheat Malt, Malt Craft (Joe White)
- 8% Pale Malt, Ale (Barrett Burston)
- 7% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 7% Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston)
- 7% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 4% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
- 4% Weyermann - Carapils
- 4% Wheat, Flaked
- 3% American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 32% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 10% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 5% Australian Ale Yeast (WLP009) White Labs
- 5% Nottingham Lallemand
- 2% Coopers pale Ale Cultured CPA
- 2% Empire Ale (M15) Mangrove Jack's
% of Australian Sparkling Ale recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 70% Single Infusion
- 25% Step Mash
- 5% Decoction
% of Australian Sparkling Ale recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 61 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 50 ppm Cl⁻
- 80 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 40 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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