Style: International Amber Lager

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Style Profile based on 286 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

30% 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

0.34 g/L 1.37 g/L

0.69 g/L

Flavour

0.27 g/L 1.25 g/L

0.66 g/L

Aroma

0.34 g/L 1.33 g/L

0.69 g/L

Whirlpool

0.35 g/L 1.13 g/L

0.69 g/L

Dry Hop

0.77 g/L 2.13 g/L

1.37 g/L

Common Hops

% of International Amber Lager recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

% of International Amber Lager recipes using each strain

Typical Water Profile

Ca²⁺ 60 ppm

Mg²⁺ 5 ppm

Na⁺ 12 ppm

Cl⁻ 75 ppm

SO₄²⁻ 55 ppm

HCO₃⁻ 42 ppm

median across recipes with a declared water profile

Similar Styles

Ranked by similarity across OG, IBU, ABV, hop rate, and grist composition.

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93%

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93%

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Schwarzbier

92%

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