Style: Clone Beer

All Styles

Style Profile based on 121 recipes

BU:GU

0.53

Hops

6.9 g/L

Mash pH

5.50

Dry Hop

0.9 g/L

Style Guidelines BJCP 2015 Beer
OG
1.02 1.09
1.061
FG
1.006 1.016
1.013
IBU
5 50
32
ABV
2% 10%
6.3%
SRM
2 50
Description

This style is intended for reproductions of specific commercial beers that aren’t good representations of existing styles. The use of the word clone does not imply an exact copy; it implies an interpretation of a style represented by a specific beer that does not have a defined style within the guidelines. The beer should be judged as to how well it fits the broader style represented by the example beer, not how well it is an exact copy of a specific commercial product. If a ‘clone beer’ does fit another style, do not enter it here. Entry Instructions: The entrant must specify the name of the commercial beer being cloned, specifications (vital statistics) for the beer, and either a brief sensory description or a list of ingredients used in making the beer. Without this information, judges who are unfamiliar with the beer will have no basis for comparison.

Examples: None listed.

Typical Grain Bill

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

Common Additions

% of Clone Beer recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering
0.55 g/L 1.5 g/L
1.03 g/L
Flavour
0.51 g/L 1.5 g/L
0.94 g/L
Aroma
0.63 g/L 1.48 g/L
1.25 g/L
Whirlpool
0.63 g/L 3.95 g/L
0.75 g/L
Dry Hop
1.79 g/L 9.23 g/L
4.06 g/L
Common Hops

% of Clone Beer recipes using each hop

Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2020
5.4 g/L 5.43 g/L
5.42 g/L
2023
0.95 g/L 2.22 g/L
1.71 g/L

dated Clone Beer recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Mash Profile
  • 86% Single Infusion
  • 14% Step Mash
  • 0% Decoction

21 recipes with mash data

Typical Water Profile
  • 78 ppm Ca²⁺
  • 5 ppm Mg²⁺
  • 19 ppm Na⁺
  • 50 ppm Cl⁻
  • 53 ppm SO₄²⁻
  • 100 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile