Style: Baltic Porter

All Styles

Style Profile

BU:GU

0.41

Hops

3.8 g/L

Mash pH

5.45

Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer

1.06 1.09

1.078

1.016 1.024

1.019

IBU

20 40

ABV

6.5% 9.5%

7.9%

SRM

17 30

Typical Grain Bill

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

Common Additions

% of Baltic Porter recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering

0.4 g/L 1.68 g/L

0.82 g/L

Flavour

0.36 g/L 1.36 g/L

0.94 g/L

Aroma

0.49 g/L 1.46 g/L

1.15 g/L

Whirlpool

0.38 g/L 1.4 g/L

0.91 g/L

Common Hops

% of Baltic Porter 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

0 g/L 0 g/L

0 g/L

2022

1.43 g/L 1.43 g/L

1.43 g/L

2023

0.56 g/L 0.61 g/L

0.58 g/L

2024

0 g/L 0 g/L

0 g/L

dated Baltic Porter recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of Baltic Porter recipes using each strain

Mash Profile

78% Single Infusion
22% Step Mash
0% Decoction

% of Baltic Porter recipes with mash data

Typical Water Profile

82 ppm Ca²⁺
5 ppm Mg²⁺
27 ppm Na⁺
60 ppm Cl⁻
50 ppm SO₄²⁻
265 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile

Similar Styles

Most alike in strength, bitterness, colour, grist, hops and yeast.

Dunkles Bock

81%

Doppelbock

75%

International Dark Lager

74%

Schwarzbier

74%

Wee Heavy

71%

Search recipes...