Style: British Strong Ale

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Style Profile

BU:GU

0.55

Hops

4.9 g/L

Mash pH

5.53

Dry Hop

0.1 g/L

Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer

1.055 1.08

1.067

1.015 1.022

1.016

IBU

30 60

ABV

5.5% 8%

6.7%

SRM

8 22

Typical Grain Bill

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

Common Additions

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

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering

0.4 g/L 1.5 g/L

0.94 g/L

Flavour

0.32 g/L 1.36 g/L

0.82 g/L

Aroma

0.32 g/L 1.38 g/L

0.78 g/L

Whirlpool

0.59 g/L 1.31 g/L

0.86 g/L

Dry Hop

0.33 g/L 1.83 g/L

0.68 g/L

Common Hops

% of British Strong Ale recipes using each hop

Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2019

2.23 g/L 4.77 g/L

4.08 g/L

2020

0.31 g/L 0.82 g/L

0.38 g/L

2022

0.14 g/L 0.14 g/L

0.14 g/L

2023

0.89 g/L 1.61 g/L

1.25 g/L

2024

0.41 g/L 2.09 g/L

0.92 g/L

dated British Strong Ale recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of British Strong Ale recipes using each strain

Mash Profile

82% Single Infusion
15% Step Mash
3% Decoction

% of British Strong Ale recipes with mash data

Typical Water Profile

100 ppm Ca²⁺
6 ppm Mg²⁺
35 ppm Na⁺
75 ppm Cl⁻
80 ppm SO₄²⁻
220 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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Best Bitter

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