Style: British Golden Ale
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.66
Hops
4.4 g/L
Mash pH
5.55
Dry Hop
0.1 g/L
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.047
FG 1.011
IBU 31
ABV 4.8%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of British Golden Ale recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.37 g/L
Flavour 0.32 g/L
Aroma 0.63 g/L
Whirlpool 0.52 g/L
Dry Hop 0.65 g/L
Common Hops
- 20% East Kent Goldings
- 20% Cascade
- 14% Magnum
- 13% Citra
- 11% Amarillo
- 8% Fuggle
- 8% Mosaic
- 5% Centennial
- 5% Target
- 5% Simcoe
% of British Golden Ale recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2019 0.49 g/L
2020 0.66 g/L
2021 0 g/L
2022 0.63 g/L
2023 1.36 g/L
2024 0.28 g/L
dated British Golden Ale recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 12% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
- 9% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 6% Wheat Malt
- 4% United Kingdom - Golden Promise
- 4% Munich Malt
- 3% Crisp Pale Malt
- 3% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 3% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 3% Propino
- 3% Flaked Oats
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 15% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 15% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 5% Nottingham Lallemand
- 4% US West Coast (M44) Mangrove Jack's
- 4% Dry English Ale (WLP007) White Labs
- 3% San Diego Super Yeast (WLP090) White Labs
- 3% English Ale (WLP002) White Labs
- 2% LalBrew Verdant IPA Lallemand
- 2% Liberty Bell Ale (M36) Mangrove Jack's
- 2% California Ale (WLP001) White Labs
% of British Golden Ale recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 83% Single Infusion
- 12% Step Mash
- 5% Decoction
% of British Golden Ale recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 75 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 56 ppm Cl⁻
- 83 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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