Style: Belgian Single
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.54
Hops
5.1 g/L
Mash pH
5.55
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.051
FG 1.009
IBU 27
ABV 5.5%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Belgian Single recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.86 g/L
Flavour 1.15 g/L
Aroma 1.05 g/L
Whirlpool 1.23 g/L
Common Hops
- 32% Saaz
- 19% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 15% Styrian Golding
- 14% Magnum
- 9% Tettnang
- 6% East Kent Goldings
- 6% Hersbrucker
- 6% Northern Brewer
- 6% Taurus
- 4% Amarillo
% of Belgian Single recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2020 0.22 g/L
2022 0 g/L
2023 0.45 g/L
2024 0 g/L
dated Belgian Single recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 14% Cane Sugar
- 14% Belgian - Pilsner
- 9% Pilsner (2 Row) Bel
- 7% Aromatic Malt
- 6% Belgian - Biscuit
- 6% Belgian Candi Sugar - Clear/Blond (0L)
- 6% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 5% Belgian - Special B
- 5% American - Pilsner
- 5% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 8% Abbey Ale (WLP530) White Labs
- 7% Trappist High Gravity (3787) Wyeast Labs
- 7% Belgian Ale (M41) Mangrove Jack's
- 7% Safebrew Abbey Ale (BE-256) Fermentis
- 5% Trappist Ale (WLP500) White Labs
- 4% Abbaye Belgian Lallemand
- 4% Belgian Ale (WLP550) White Labs
- 3% Belgian Abbey II (1762) Wyeast Labs
- 3% Belgian Ardennes (3522) Wyeast Labs
- 2% SafAle Saison (BE-134) Fermentis
% of Belgian Single recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 66% Single Infusion
- 28% Step Mash
- 6% Decoction
% of Belgian Single recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 75 ppm Ca²⁺
- 6 ppm Mg²⁺
- 14 ppm Na⁺
- 50 ppm Cl⁻
- 62 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 115 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
Similar Styles
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