Style: Blonde Ale

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Style Profile

BU:GU

0.50

Hops

3.8 g/L

Mash pH

5.58

Dry Hop

0.2 g/L

Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG
1.038 1.054
1.05
FG
1.008 1.013
1.011
IBU
15 28
25
ABV
3.8% 5.5%
5.1%
SRM
3 6
Typical Grain Bill

% 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
0.26 g/L 1.25 g/L
0.66 g/L
Flavour
0.28 g/L 1.25 g/L
0.63 g/L
Aroma
0.34 g/L 1.43 g/L
0.75 g/L
Whirlpool
0.33 g/L 1.36 g/L
0.75 g/L
Dry Hop
0.53 g/L 2.47 g/L
1.22 g/L
Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2018
0.53 g/L 3.11 g/L
1.22 g/L
2019
0.45 g/L 2.59 g/L
1.36 g/L
2020
0.58 g/L 1.59 g/L
1.2 g/L
2021
0.37 g/L 2.12 g/L
0.89 g/L
2022
0.59 g/L 2.04 g/L
0.93 g/L
2023
0.59 g/L 2.26 g/L
1.36 g/L
2024
0.59 g/L 2.72 g/L
0.92 g/L

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

Mash Profile
  • 81% Single Infusion
  • 14% Step Mash
  • 4% Decoction

% of Blonde Ale 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

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