Style: Dark American Lager
All StylesStyle Profile based on 79 recipes
BU:GU
0.39
Hops
3.7 g/L
Mash pH
5.40
Common Additions
- 63% Crystal (9%)
- 62% Pale (67%)
- 57% Toast (41%)
- 46% Roast (4%)
- 43% Pilsner (68%)
% of Dark American Lager recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.25 g/L
Flavour 1.37 g/L
Aroma 0.72 g/L
Whirlpool 1.43 g/L
Common Hops
- 22% Cascade
- 14% Saaz (CZ)
- 13% Tettnanger
- 6% Citra
- 6% Columbus
- 6% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 5% Southern Brewer
- 4% Centennial
- 4% Magnum (GR)
- 4% Hallertau Tradition
% of Dark American Lager recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2024 0.69 g/L
dated Dark American Lager recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 16% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 13% Chocolate Malt
- 8% German - Vienna
- 8% American - Pilsner
- 8% Black (Patent) Malt
- 6% Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L
- 6% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 6% Flaked Corn
- 6% Carafa II
- 6% Munich - Light 10L
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 16% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 6% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 5% American Lager (2035) Wyeast Labs
- 5% Munich Lager (2308) Wyeast Labs
- 5% Lutra Kveik (OYL-071) Omega
- 4% SafLager West European Lager (S-23) Fermentis
- 4% California Ale Yeast (WLP001) White Labs
- 4% California Lager (2112) Wyeast Labs
% of Dark American Lager recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 75% Single Infusion
- 17% Step Mash
- 8% Decoction
12 recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 81 ppm Ca²⁺
- 8 ppm Mg²⁺
- 13 ppm Na⁺
- 65 ppm Cl⁻
- 53 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 265 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile