Style: International Pale Lager
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.46
Hops
3.7 g/L
Mash pH
5.57
Dry Hop
0.1 g/L
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.05
FG 1.011
IBU 23
ABV 5.2%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of International Pale Lager recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.59 g/L
Flavour 0.53 g/L
Aroma 0.67 g/L
Whirlpool 0.68 g/L
Dry Hop 1.25 g/L
Common Hops
- 20% Saaz
- 11% Magnum
- 10% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 7% Tettnang
- 7% Cascade
- 6% Motueka
- 5% Hersbrucker
- 4% Citra
- 4% Perle
- 4% Simcoe
% of International Pale Lager recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 1.08 g/L
2019 1.32 g/L
2020 0.6 g/L
2021 0.26 g/L
2022 1.6 g/L
2023 1.06 g/L
2024 1.29 g/L
dated International Pale Lager recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 12% Flaked Corn
- 10% German - Pilsner
- 9% American - Pilsner
- 5% Flaked Rice
- 5% American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt)
- 5% Corn, Flaked
- 5% German - Vienna
- 4% German - Acidulated Malt
- 4% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 4% American - Vienna
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 26% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 4% Mexican Lager (WLP940) White Labs
- 4% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 3% Diamond Lager Lallemand
- 3% Lutra Kveik (OYL-071) Omega
- 3% SafLager German Lager (S-189) Fermentis
- 2% California Lager (M54) Mangrove Jack's
- 2% SafLager West European Lager (S-23) Fermentis
- 2% German Lager (WLP830) White Labs
- 2% NovaLager Lallemand
% of International Pale Lager recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 74% Single Infusion
- 19% Step Mash
- 7% Decoction
% of International Pale Lager recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 55 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 50 ppm Cl⁻
- 53 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 25 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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