Style: Dunkles Bock
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.35
Hops
2.8 g/L
Mash pH
5.41
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.064
FG 1.015
IBU 22
ABV 6.4%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Dunkles Bock recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.01 g/L
Flavour 0.58 g/L
Aroma 0.68 g/L
Common Hops
- 20% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 17% Magnum
- 10% Tettnang
- 10% Taurus
- 9% Perle
- 8% Saaz
- 8% Hersbrucker
- 6% Northern Brewer
- 4% Hallertau Tradition
- 3% Hallertau
% of Dunkles Bock recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2020 0 g/L
2022 0 g/L
2023 0 g/L
2024 0 g/L
dated Dunkles Bock recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 20% Munich Malt
- 8% Caramunich Malt
- 7% German - Melanoidin
- 7% Munich - Light 10L
- 7% Vienna Malt
- 7% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
- 6% German - CaraMunich III
- 6% Melanoiden Malt
- 6% German - Pilsner
- 6% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 20% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 13% German Bock Lager (WLP833) White Labs
- 8% Bavarian Lager (2206) Wyeast Labs
- 5% SafLager German Lager (S-189) Fermentis
- 3% Bohemian Lager (2124) Wyeast Labs
- 3% Bohemian Lager (M84) Mangrove Jack's
- 3% Munich Lager (2308) Wyeast Labs
- 3% German Lager (WLP830) White Labs
- 2% German Bock (OYL-111) Omega
- 2% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
% of Dunkles Bock recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 47% Single Infusion
- 32% Step Mash
- 21% Decoction
% of Dunkles Bock recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 80 ppm Ca²⁺
- 10 ppm Mg²⁺
- 6 ppm Na⁺
- 50 ppm Cl⁻
- 29 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 175 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
Similar Styles
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