Style: Classic Style Smoked Beer
All StylesStyle Profile based on 113 recipes
BU:GU
0.45
Hops
3.5 g/L
Mash pH
5.53
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
- 52%
- 15%
- 13%
- 12%
- 5%
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
- 92%
- 60%
- 50%
- 38%
- 29%
% of Classic Style Smoked Beer recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Common Hops
- 15%
- 11%
- 8%
- 8%
- 8%
- 7%
- 7%
- 6%
- 5%
- 4%
% of Classic Style Smoked Beer recipes using each hop
Common Fermentables
- 20%
- 15%
- 9%
- 9%
- 8%
- 7%
- 6%
- 6%
- 6%
- 6%
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 12%
- 12%
- 10%
- 5%
- 3%
- 3%
- 3%
- 3%
% of Classic Style Smoked Beer recipes using each strain
Typical Water Profile
median across recipes with a declared water profile
Similar Styles
Ranked by similarity across OG, IBU, ABV, hop rate, and grist composition.