Style: Dark American Lager

All Styles

Style Profile based on 79 recipes

BU:GU

0.39

Hops

3.7 g/L

Mash pH

5.40

Typical Grain Bill

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

Common Additions

% of Dark American Lager recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering
0.62 g/L 1.42 g/L
1.25 g/L
Flavour
0.51 g/L 1.43 g/L
1.37 g/L
Aroma
0.27 g/L 1.33 g/L
0.72 g/L
Whirlpool
1.28 g/L 2.42 g/L
1.43 g/L
Common Hops

% of Dark American Lager recipes using each hop

Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2024
0.69 g/L 0.69 g/L
0.69 g/L

dated Dark American Lager recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

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