Style: Experimental Beer
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.47
Hops
5.1 g/L
Mash pH
5.52
Dry Hop
0.4 g/L
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.06
FG 1.014
IBU 27
ABV 6.2%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
- 73% Pale (68%)
- 45% Crystal (9%)
- 39% Toast (15%)
- 29% Pilsner (68%)
- 28% Wheat (15%)
- 25% Oats (11%)
- 23% sugar (9%)
% of Experimental Beer recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.75 g/L
Flavour 0.69 g/L
Aroma 0.79 g/L
Whirlpool 1.36 g/L
Dry Hop 1.36 g/L
Common Hops
- 13% Cascade
- 8% Magnum
- 8% Citra
- 8% East Kent Goldings
- 7% Saaz
- 6% Amarillo
- 6% Mosaic
- 5% Centennial
- 4% Hersbrucker
- 4% Northern Brewer
% of Experimental Beer recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 0.74 g/L
2019 2.75 g/L
2020 1.06 g/L
2021 0.72 g/L
2022 3.74 g/L
2023 2.86 g/L
2024 1.13 g/L
dated Experimental Beer recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 12% Flaked Oats
- 9% American - Pale 2-Row
- 6% American - Pilsner
- 6% Oats, Flaked
- 6% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
- 5% American - Vienna
- 4% German - Pilsner
- 4% Honey
- 4% Corn Sugar - Dextrose
- 4% American - Pale Ale
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 14% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 6% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 3% Nottingham Lallemand
- 2% California Ale (WLP001) White Labs
- 2% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 2% Voss Kveik (OYL-062) Omega
- 2% SafBrew Specialty Ale (T-58) Fermentis
- 1% Belle Saison Lallemand
- 1% SafAle German Ale (K-97) Fermentis
- 1% Safbrew Wheat (WB-06) Fermentis
% of Experimental Beer recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 71% Single Infusion
- 25% Step Mash
- 4% Decoction
% of Experimental Beer recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 75 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 16 ppm Na⁺
- 75 ppm Cl⁻
- 80 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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