Style: German Helles Exportbier
All StylesStyle Profile based on 108 recipes
BU:GU
0.52
Hops
4.7 g/L
Mash pH
5.56
Description
A pale, well-balanced, smooth German lager that is slightly stronger than the average beer with a moderate body and a mild, aromatic hop and malt character. History: The Dortmunder style developed in the Dortmund industrial region in the 1870s in response to pale Pilsner-type beers, it became very popular after World War II but declined in the 1970s. Other Export-class beers developed independently, and reflected a slightly stronger version of existing beers. The modern German style is typically 12-13 °P. Style Comparison: Less finishing hops and more body than a Pils but more bitter than a Helles.
Examples: DAB Original, Dortmunder Kronen, Dortmunder Union Export, Flensburger Gold, Gordon Biersch Golden Export, Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold
- 84% Pilsner (82%)
- 74% Toast (15%)
- 44% Pale (18%)
- 34% Crystal (6%)
% of German Helles Exportbier recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
g/L · median with IQR range
- 37% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 14% Tettnanger
- 12% Magnum (GR)
- 12% Saaz (CZ)
- 10% Hallertauer Hersbrucker
- 9% Hallertau (US)
- 6% Perle (GR)
- 6% Hallertau Blanc
- 5% Tettnang (US)
- 4% Cascade
% of German Helles Exportbier recipes using each hop
- 17% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 10% Munich Malt
- 9% German - Vienna
- 8% German - Pilsner
- 6% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 6% Pilsner (Weyermann)
- 6% Weyermann - Munich Type I
- 5% American - Pilsner
- 5% Melanoiden Malt
- 5% Weyermann - Melanoidin
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
- 22% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 10% German Lager Yeast (WLP830) White Labs
- 6% Harvest (L17) Imperial Yeast
- 6% Munich Lager (2308) Wyeast Labs
- 6% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 4% Southern German Lager Yeast (WLP838) White Labs
- 3% Augustiner Lager (OYL-114) Omega
- 3% Saflager Swiss Lager Yeast S
% of German Helles Exportbier recipes using each strain
- 52% Single Infusion
- 48% Step Mash
- 0% Decoction
21 recipes with mash data
- 80 ppm Ca²⁺
- 6 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 75 ppm Cl⁻
- 80 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 70 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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