Style: Belgian Tripel
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.36
Hops
4.5 g/L
Mash pH
5.57
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.08
FG 1.013
IBU 28
ABV 8.9%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Belgian Tripel recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.26 g/L
Flavour 0.99 g/L
Aroma 0.75 g/L
Whirlpool 1.35 g/L
Common Hops
- 47% Saaz
- 23% Styrian Golding
- 15% Tettnang
- 11% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 7% Magnum
- 6% Northern Brewer
- 6% East Kent Goldings
- 5% Hersbrucker
- 4% Taurus
- 4% Fuggle
% of Belgian Tripel recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 1.36 g/L
2019 4.08 g/L
2020 0.95 g/L
2021 0.38 g/L
2022 1.36 g/L
2023 0.74 g/L
2024 0.67 g/L
dated Belgian Tripel recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 23% Pilsner (2 Row) Bel
- 14% Aromatic Malt
- 13% Belgian Candi Sugar - Clear/Blond (0L)
- 12% Cane Sugar
- 12% Belgian - Pilsner
- 7% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 6% Oats, Flaked
- 6% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 5% Wheat, Flaked
- 4% Wheat Malt, Bel
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 12% Trappist High Gravity (3787) Wyeast Labs
- 10% Abbey Ale (WLP530) White Labs
- 7% Trappist Ale (WLP500) White Labs
- 7% Belgian Tripel (M31) Mangrove Jack's
- 5% SafBrew Specialty Ale (T-58) Fermentis
- 5% Safebrew Abbey Ale (BE-256) Fermentis
- 5% Belgian Ardennes (3522) Wyeast Labs
- 4% Belgian Ale (WLP550) White Labs
- 4% Belgian Ale Yeast (1214) Wyeast Labs
- 2% Bastogne Belgian Ale (WLP510) White Labs
% of Belgian Tripel recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 51% Single Infusion
- 44% Step Mash
- 6% Decoction
% of Belgian Tripel recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 65 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 18 ppm Na⁺
- 75 ppm Cl⁻
- 75 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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