Style: International Amber Lager

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Style Profile based on 294 recipes

BU:GU

0.42

Hops

3.7 g/L

Mash pH

5.53

Dry Hop

0.1 g/L

Style Guidelines BJCP 2015 Beer

1.042 1.055

1.052

1.008 1.014

1.012

IBU

8 25

ABV

4.6% 6%

5.3%

SRM

7 14

Description

A well-attenuated malty amber lager with an interesting caramel or toast quality and restrained bitterness. Usually fairly well-attenuated, often with an adjunct quality. Smooth, easily-drinkable lager character. History: Varies by country, but generally represents an adaptation of the mass-market International Lager or an evolution of indigenous styles into a more generic product. Style Comparison: Less well-developed malt flavor than a Vienna lager, often with an adjunct taste.

Examples: Brooklyn Lager, Capital Winter Skål, Dos Equis Amber, Schell’s Oktoberfest, Yuengling Lager

Typical Grain Bill

31% Toast
30% Pale
27% Pilsner
7% Crystal
5% Wheat

% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%

Common Additions

% of International Amber Lager recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering

0.45 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.94 g/L

Flavour

0.35 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.69 g/L

Aroma

0.38 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.75 g/L

Whirlpool

0.34 g/L 1.19 g/L

0.72 g/L

Dry Hop

0.69 g/L 1.63 g/L

1.37 g/L

Common Hops

% of International Amber Lager recipes using each hop

Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2019

0 g/L 0 g/L

0 g/L

2020

1.03 g/L 1.5 g/L

1.37 g/L

2021

1.33 g/L 1.33 g/L

1.33 g/L

2022

0 g/L 0 g/L

0 g/L

2023

0.43 g/L 2.39 g/L

0.94 g/L

2024

1.68 g/L 2.31 g/L

2 g/L

dated International Amber Lager recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of International Amber Lager recipes using each strain

Mash Profile

68% Single Infusion
22% Step Mash
10% Decoction

50 recipes with mash data

Typical Water Profile

60 ppm Ca²⁺
5 ppm Mg²⁺
15 ppm Na⁺
75 ppm Cl⁻
55 ppm SO₄²⁻
100 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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