Style: German Helles Exportbier
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.51
Hops
4.5 g/L
Mash pH
5.56
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.055
FG 1.012
IBU 28
ABV 5.7%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of German Helles Exportbier recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.92 g/L
Flavour 1 g/L
Aroma 1.22 g/L
Whirlpool 1.36 g/L
Common Hops
- 39% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 18% Saaz
- 17% Tettnang
- 12% Magnum
- 12% Hersbrucker
- 8% Hallertau
- 6% Perle
- 6% Taurus
- 5% Hallertau Blanc
- 4% Cascade
% of German Helles Exportbier recipes using each hop
Common Fermentables
- 19% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 10% Munich Malt
- 10% Pilsner (Weyermann)
- 7% German - Pilsner
- 7% German - Vienna
- 6% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 5% Munich I (Weyermann)
- 5% Vienna Malt
- 4% American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)
- 4% American - Pilsner
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 19% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 11% German Lager (WLP830) White Labs
- 6% SafLager West European Lager (S-23) Fermentis
- 5% Harvest (L17) Imperial Yeast
- 5% Munich Lager (2308) Wyeast Labs
- 4% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 4% Southern German Lager (WLP838) White Labs
- 4% Bohemian Lager (2124) Wyeast Labs
- 3% SafLager German Lager (S-189) Fermentis
- 3% Bohemian Lager (M84) Mangrove Jack's
% of German Helles Exportbier recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 52% Single Infusion
- 48% Step Mash
- 0% Decoction
% of German Helles Exportbier recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 83 ppm Ca²⁺
- 13 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 88 ppm Cl⁻
- 103 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 76 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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