Style: British Brown Ale
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.49
Hops
3.2 g/L
Mash pH
5.45
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.052
FG 1.013
IBU 25
ABV 5.1%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of British Brown Ale recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.07 g/L
Flavour 0.75 g/L
Aroma 0.75 g/L
Whirlpool 0.75 g/L
Dry Hop 0.72 g/L
Common Hops
- 47% East Kent Goldings
- 28% Fuggle
- 10% Willamette
- 6% Northern Brewer
- 6% Cascade
- 5% Challenger
- 5% Magnum
- 5% Target
- 4% Golding
- 2% Columbus
% of British Brown Ale recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 0.75 g/L
2019 0.31 g/L
2020 1.43 g/L
2021 1.36 g/L
2022 0.44 g/L
2023 0.68 g/L
2024 0.62 g/L
dated British Brown Ale recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 25% Chocolate Malt
- 15% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 14% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
- 11% American - Chocolate
- 11% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
- 9% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 9% Brown Malt
- 8% Victory Malt
- 7% Oats, Flaked
- 6% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 21% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 6% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 5% Nottingham Lallemand
- 5% British Ale (WLP005) White Labs
- 5% English Ale (WLP002) White Labs
- 3% British Ale Yeast (1098) Wyeast Labs
- 3% London Ale Yeast (1028) Wyeast Labs
- 3% London Ale (WLP013) White Labs
- 2% London ESB Ale (1968) Wyeast Labs
- 2% London Ale III (1318) Wyeast Labs
% of British Brown Ale recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 84% Single Infusion
- 13% Step Mash
- 3% Decoction
% of British Brown Ale recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 80 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 25 ppm Na⁺
- 74 ppm Cl⁻
- 80 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 133 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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