Style: International Amber Lager
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.42
Hops
3.7 g/L
Mash pH
5.53
Dry Hop
0.1 g/L
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.051
FG 1.011
IBU 21
ABV 5.2%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% 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 0.94 g/L
Flavour 0.68 g/L
Aroma 0.75 g/L
Whirlpool 0.71 g/L
Dry Hop 1.36 g/L
Common Hops
- 16% Saaz
- 15% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 12% Tettnang
- 11% Cascade
- 8% Magnum
- 6% Hersbrucker
- 5% Northern Brewer
- 4% Perle
- 4% Amarillo
- 3% Mount Hood
% of International Amber Lager recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2019 0 g/L
2020 1.36 g/L
2021 1.32 g/L
2022 0 g/L
2023 0.94 g/L
2024 1.99 g/L
dated International Amber Lager recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 10% Flaked Corn
- 8% American - Pilsner
- 7% American - Vienna
- 6% German - Pilsner
- 6% German - Vienna
- 6% Munich Malt
- 4% German - CaraMunich I
- 4% Vienna Malt
- 4% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 4% American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 22% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 3% Harvest (L17) Imperial Yeast
- 3% German Lager (WLP830) White Labs
- 3% Mexican Lager (WLP940) White Labs
- 3% NovaLager Lallemand
- 3% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 3% Diamond Lager Lallemand
- 3% Lutra Kveik (OYL-071) Omega
- 3% Bohemian Lager (2124) Wyeast Labs
- 2% Global (L13) Imperial Yeast
% of International Amber Lager recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 68% Single Infusion
- 22% Step Mash
- 10% Decoction
% of International Amber Lager 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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