Style: Blonde Ale
All StylesStyle 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 1.05
FG 1.011
IBU 25
ABV 5.1%
SRM
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 0.66 g/L
Flavour 0.63 g/L
Aroma 0.75 g/L
Whirlpool 0.75 g/L
Dry Hop 1.22 g/L
Common Hops
- 29% Cascade
- 16% Citra
- 12% Centennial
- 8% Amarillo
- 7% Mosaic
- 7% Magnum
- 6% Saaz
- 6% Columbus
- 6% Willamette
- 4% Simcoe
% of Blonde Ale recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 1.22 g/L
2019 1.36 g/L
2020 1.2 g/L
2021 0.89 g/L
2022 0.93 g/L
2023 1.36 g/L
2024 0.92 g/L
dated Blonde Ale recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 10% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 9% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 8% American - Pale 2-Row
- 6% American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)
- 6% American - Pilsner
- 6% US - Pale 2-Row
- 5% American - Caramel / Crystal 10L
- 5% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L
- 5% American - Pale Ale
- 5% American - Vienna
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 34% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 7% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 4% California Ale (WLP001) White Labs
- 4% American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs
- 3% Nottingham Lallemand
- 2% German Ale/Kolsch (WLP029) White Labs
- 1% American Ale II (1272) Wyeast Labs
- 1% US West Coast (M44) Mangrove Jack's
- 1% Lutra Kveik (OYL-071) Omega
- 1% Flagship (A07) Imperial Yeast
% of Blonde Ale recipes using each strain
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
Similar Styles
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