Style: Classic Style Smoked Beer

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Style Profile based on 113 recipes

BU:GU

0.45

Hops

3.5 g/L

Mash pH

5.53

Style Guidelines BJCP 2015 Beer
OG
1.02 1.09
1.059
FG
1.006 1.016
1.014
IBU
5 50
27
ABV
2% 10%
6%
SRM
2 50
Description

A smoke-enhanced beer showing good balance between the smoke and beer character, while remaining pleasant to drink. Balance in the use of smoke, hops and malt character is exhibited by the better examples. Entry Instructions: The entrant must specify a Classic Style base beer. The entrant must specify the type of wood or smoke if a varietal smoke character is noticeable. History: The process of using smoked malts has been adapted by craft brewers to many styles. German brewers have traditionally used smoked malts in bock, doppelbock, weissbier, dunkel, schwarzbier, helles, Pils, and other specialty styles.

Examples: Alaskan Smoked Porter, Schlenkerla Weizen Rauchbier and Ur-Bock Rauchbier, Spezial Lagerbier, Weissbier and Bockbier, Stone Smoked Porter

Typical Grain Bill

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

Common Additions

% of Classic Style Smoked Beer recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering
0.34 g/L 1.61 g/L
0.74 g/L
Flavour
0.21 g/L 1.5 g/L
0.69 g/L
Aroma
0.36 g/L 1.18 g/L
0.69 g/L
Whirlpool
0.23 g/L 0.69 g/L
0.37 g/L

Common Hops

% of Classic Style Smoked Beer recipes using each hop

Typical Water Profile

Ca²⁺ 80 ppm
Mg²⁺ 5 ppm
Na⁺ 25 ppm
Cl⁻ 68 ppm
SO₄²⁻ 80 ppm
HCO₃⁻ 100 ppm

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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