Style: Belgian Blond Ale
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.37
Hops
3.4 g/L
Mash pH
5.60
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.064
FG 1.013
IBU 23
ABV 6.7%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Belgian Blond Ale recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.6 g/L
Flavour 0.44 g/L
Aroma 0.45 g/L
Whirlpool 0.55 g/L
Dry Hop 1.25 g/L
Common Hops
- 30% Saaz
- 19% Styrian Golding
- 10% East Kent Goldings
- 8% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 7% Magnum
- 6% Hersbrucker
- 5% Tettnang
- 5% Taurus
- 5% Cascade
- 4% Perle
% of Belgian Blond Ale recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 2.84 g/L
2019 1.55 g/L
2020 1.11 g/L
2021 0.68 g/L
2022 0 g/L
2023 1.15 g/L
2024 1.85 g/L
dated Belgian Blond Ale recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 15% Pilsner (2 Row) Bel
- 11% Cane Sugar
- 11% Belgian - Pilsner
- 9% Aromatic Malt
- 7% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 7% Belgian Candi Sugar - Clear/Blond (0L)
- 6% Biscuit Malt
- 5% American - Pilsner
- 5% Munich Malt
- 5% Vienna Malt
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 11% SafBrew Specialty Ale (T-58) Fermentis
- 6% Abbey Ale (WLP530) White Labs
- 5% Belgian Ale (M41) Mangrove Jack's
- 5% Belgian Ale (WLP550) White Labs
- 4% Belgian Golden Ale (WLP570) White Labs
- 4% Safebrew Abbey Ale (BE-256) Fermentis
- 4% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 3% Trappist Ale (WLP500) White Labs
- 3% SafBrew Ale (S-33) Fermentis
- 3% Belgian Strong Ale (1388) Wyeast Labs
% of Belgian Blond Ale recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 65% Single Infusion
- 29% Step Mash
- 6% Decoction
% of Belgian Blond Ale recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 75 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 18 ppm Na⁺
- 75 ppm Cl⁻
- 69 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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