Style: Helles Bock
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.42
Hops
4.0 g/L
Mash pH
5.56
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.067
FG 1.016
IBU 28
ABV 6.8%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Helles Bock recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.25 g/L
Flavour 0.75 g/L
Aroma 0.75 g/L
Whirlpool 0.75 g/L
Common Hops
- 20% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 19% Magnum
- 18% Perle
- 14% Tettnang
- 14% Saaz
- 12% Taurus
- 12% Hersbrucker
- 4% Northern Brewer
- 4% Sterling
- 4% Hallertau Tradition
% of Helles Bock recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2019 0 g/L
2020 0.22 g/L
2022 0 g/L
2023 0.66 g/L
2024 0.49 g/L
dated Helles Bock recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 17% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 17% Munich Malt
- 11% Vienna Malt
- 9% German - Pilsner
- 7% Munich I (Weyermann)
- 7% Pilsner (Weyermann)
- 6% American - Pilsner
- 6% German - Vienna
- 6% Vienna Malt (Weyermann)
- 5% Munich
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 19% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 14% German Bock Lager (WLP833) White Labs
- 6% Bavarian Lager (2206) Wyeast Labs
- 6% Munich Lager (2308) Wyeast Labs
- 4% Bohemian Lager (2124) Wyeast Labs
- 3% Diamond Lager Lallemand
- 3% SafLager West European Lager (S-23) Fermentis
- 2% German Lager (WLP830) White Labs
- 2% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 2% Bavarian Lager (M76) Mangrove Jack's
% of Helles Bock recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 67% Single Infusion
- 19% Step Mash
- 14% Decoction
% of Helles Bock recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 60 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 75 ppm Cl⁻
- 55 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
Similar Styles
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