Style: Blonde Ale

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Style Profile based on 4,241 recipes

BU:GU

0.50

Hops

3.8 g/L

Mash pH

5.58

Dry Hop

0.2 g/L

Style Guidelines BJCP 2015 Beer

1.038 1.054

1.05

1.008 1.013

1.011

IBU

15 28

ABV

3.8% 5.5%

5.1%

SRM

3 6

Description

Easy-drinking, approachable, malt-oriented American craft beer, often with interesting fruit, hop, or character malt notes. Well-balanced and clean, is a refreshing pint without aggressive flavors. History: An American craft beer style produced by many microbreweries and brewpubs, particularly those who cannot produce lagers. Regional variations exist (many US West Coast brewpub examples are more assertive, like pale ales) but in most areas this beer is designed as the least challenging beer in their lineup. Style Comparison: Typically has more flavor than American Lagers and Cream Ales. Less bitterness than an American Pale Ale.

Examples: Kona Big Wave Golden Ale, Pelican Kiwanda Cream Ale, Russian River Aud Blonde, Victory Summer Love, Widmer Citra Summer Blonde Brew

Typical Grain Bill

55% Pale
30% Pilsner
6% Toast
5% Crystal
3% Wheat

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

Common Additions

% of Blonde Ale recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering

0.27 g/L 1.25 g/L

0.67 g/L

Flavour

0.28 g/L 1.25 g/L

0.63 g/L

Aroma

0.35 g/L 1.43 g/L

0.75 g/L

Whirlpool

0.34 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.75 g/L

Dry Hop

0.53 g/L 2.47 g/L

1.23 g/L

Common Hops

% of Blonde Ale recipes using each hop

Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2018

0.53 g/L 3.12 g/L

1.23 g/L

2019

0.45 g/L 2.6 g/L

1.37 g/L

2020

0.58 g/L 1.59 g/L

1.2 g/L

2021

0.38 g/L 2.12 g/L

0.89 g/L

2022

0.59 g/L 2.05 g/L

0.93 g/L

2023

0.59 g/L 2.26 g/L

1.37 g/L

2024

0.6 g/L 2.73 g/L

0.92 g/L

dated Blonde Ale recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of Blonde Ale recipes using each strain

Mash Profile

81% Single Infusion
14% Step Mash
4% Decoction

751 recipes with mash data

Typical Water Profile

75 ppm Ca²⁺
5 ppm Mg²⁺
10 ppm Na⁺
75 ppm Cl⁻
80 ppm SO₄²⁻
100 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile

Similar Styles

Ranked by similarity across OG, IBU, ABV, hop rate, and grist composition.

Australian Sparkling Ale

94%

International Amber Lager

93%

British Golden Ale

93%

Belgian Pale Ale

92%

International Pale Lager

91%

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