Style: German Pils
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.63
Hops
5.0 g/L
Mash pH
5.54
Dry Hop
0.1 g/L
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.05
FG 1.011
IBU 31
ABV 5.1%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of German Pils 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 0.7 g/L
Aroma 0.85 g/L
Whirlpool 0.74 g/L
Dry Hop 1.35 g/L
Common Hops
- 31% Saaz
- 19% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 16% Magnum
- 16% Tettnang
- 10% Perle
- 8% Hersbrucker
- 5% Cascade
- 5% Taurus
- 5% Northern Brewer
- 4% Hallertau
% of German Pils recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 1.62 g/L
2019 0.96 g/L
2020 1.7 g/L
2021 1.33 g/L
2022 0.76 g/L
2023 1.23 g/L
2024 1.36 g/L
dated German Pils recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 18% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 14% German - Pilsner
- 8% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 6% American - Pilsner
- 5% Pilsner (Weyermann)
- 5% German - Acidulated Malt
- 5% Munich Malt
- 5% Vienna Malt
- 4% Weyermann - Pilsner
- 4% German - Carapils
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 27% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 6% German Lager (WLP830) White Labs
- 4% Pilsner Lager (WLP800) White Labs
- 4% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 3% Bohemian Lager (2124) Wyeast Labs
- 3% SafLager West European Lager (S-23) Fermentis
- 3% SafLager German Lager (S-189) Fermentis
- 2% Lutra Kveik (OYL-071) Omega
- 2% Diamond Lager Lallemand
- 2% Bohemian Lager (M84) Mangrove Jack's
% of German Pils recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 61% Single Infusion
- 27% Step Mash
- 12% Decoction
% of German Pils recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 47 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 7 ppm Na⁺
- 50 ppm Cl⁻
- 52 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 25 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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